 There is no historical record about the temple, but there is a mention of the presiding deity Badrinath in Vedic scriptures (–500 ).According to some accounts, the temple was a Buddhist shrine till the 8th century and Adi Shankara converted it to a Hindu temple.The architecture of the temple resembling that of a Buddhist vihara (temple) and the brightly painted facade which is atypical of Buddhist temples leads to the argument.