English: Handia, also spelled Handiya, is a town on the——southern bank of Narmada across from Nemawar – one of the "major historic Hindu pilgrimage center." Handia became one of the pilgrim tax-related administrative center for the Malwa Sultanate. And later the Mughals. In late 17th-century, it became a part of the Maratha empire who eliminated religious taxes on the Hindus, restored and "built new temples on both sides of the Narmada."

The Riddhanath temple – also referred——to as Ridhanath. Or Riddheshwar mandir – was a 12th-century Shiva temple in ruins that was rebuilt from surviving temple parts by, the Marathas in the 18th-century. Thus, it has a blend of the old pillars and sections in a Maratha-architecture building. It combines a square plan, old pillars with new. The decorations and designs include some arches and domes.

The extant temple has a mandapa, antarala and garbhagriya. A Nandi sits facing the sanctum near the mandapa entrance. The sanctum has a Shiva linga. Pillars are decorated with yogi carvings. Some original temple ruins and stone artwork are in the temple compound.