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Jain Temple, Ranakpur

Ranakpur is located in the mountain ranges of Pali district, 23 kms away from the Phalna railway station. Ranakpur is reached after passing lush green valleys and streams and the heart capturing views drive away any fatigue of the journey. The Ranakpur Jain temples were built during the region of the liberal and gifted monarch Rana Kumbha in the 15th century.

The entire temple area is enclosed within a wall. The main 'Chamukha' temple is dedicated to the trithankara Rishabdeoji and a four-faced image is enshrined in the inner sanctum, open on all four sides.

An enormous basement cover 48,000 sq. feet are. There are four subsidiary shrines, twenty four pillared halls and eight domes supported by over four hundred columns. The total number of columns is 1,444, all which are intricetrly carved, no two being alike.

A corridor around the shrine has niches for the tirthankara images and each niche has its Jain Temple, Ranakpur

spire or shikhar. Little bells are festooned atop each shikar and their jingling in the breeze creates celestial music.

A small shrine dedicated to Prashvanath faces the main temple. It has a black image of the tirthankara in the inner sanctum.

There are images of Adinath in the north west, Parshvanath in the north east, Ajitnath in the south-east and Lord Mahavir Swami in the south west. The artistically carved nymphs playing the flute in various dance postures at a height of 45 feet are an engrossing sight. in the assembly hall, there are two big bells weighing 108 kgs whose sound enches in the entire complex.

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