Ranakpur is widely known for its marble Jain temple. Ranakpur is located between lush green valleys and beautiful streams in the mountain ranges of Pali district, 23 kms away from the Phalna railway station. This place is well connected through a road network to other places in the region.
Ranakpur has one of the biggest and most important Jain temple complexes of India, which covers an area of 4500 square yards, and having 29 halls. Located about 200 kms from Jodhpur, Ranakpur is one of the five most important pilgrimage sites of Jainism.
The Ranakpur Jain Temple was built during the reign of the liberal and gifted Rajput monarch Rana Kumbha in the 15th century, in the AD 1439. Dhanna Shah, the founder of the temples at Ranakpur, approached Rana Kumbha to ask for some land to build a temple. The Rana gladly agreed on one condition that the temple should bear his name. And at last temple site on the banks of the river Maghai came to be known as Ranakpur which is one of the five main holy places of the Jains. The Temple of Parsavanath is another attraction, built in the mid 15th century. In close, there are two other temples dedicated to Neminath and Surya Narayan respectively.
The main temple is the Adinath or Chaumukha temple which is dedicated to the first tirthankara Adinath. The temple has 29 halls, 80 domes and the pavilions include 1444 pillars, each of them so artistically carved that they’ll leave a impression on you. |