Though the Deogarh Vishnu Temple temple is presently dilapidated, its architectural beauty is representative of India's rich cultural heritage. The entrance to the sanctum sanctorum has delicately carved figures of Ganga and Yamuna. Other attractions include three stone and brick panels carved with details of Vaishnav mythology. One of them depicts Gajendra Moksha, in which Vishnu comes down to earth to give Moksha or salvation to Gajendra, the elephant after saving him from Makara, the crocodile. The second panel has the carvings of Nara Narayana Tapasya. They were two mythical saints performing a tapasya or austerity. The third one is called Anantshayi Vishnu showing Lord Vishnu reclining on a seven-headed serpent, Shesha. One panel describes the tale of the demons Madhu and Kaitava being repulsed by the weapons of Vishnu while another panel has the depiction of the five Pandavas from the Mahabharata and their wife Draupadi. The walls also have other panels describing acts from Vishnu's life and the avatars, Rama's and Krishna's deeds. Such beautiful, exquisite architectural specimens are attractions for tourists and people interested in art and history.

It is said that every time Lord Vishnu came to earth in a different avatar to restore the cosmic order whenever it suffered form an imbalance. He eradicates the evils from the face of the earth, restores dharma or righteousness and delivers moksha or salvation to his devotees. In his Krishna avatar he says it clearly that to deliver the righteous people and to destroy the evil doers and to establish Dharma, he manifests and would manifest himself in every age.