Monday 11 November 2013

Ranakpur famous jain Mandir in Pali District, Rajasthan (India) !! Ranakpur Chaumukha Jain Temple !! Ranakpur Jain Temple !! Chaumukha Jain Temple at Ranakpur.

Rajasthan temple Jain Chaumukha Ranakpur Temple !! Ranakpur Chaumukha Jain Temple / Mandir !! Circular Motifs from Chaumukha Jain Temple in Ranakpur.

Ranakapur Jain Temple !! Chaumukha Ranakpur Jain Temple at Pali District !! Wallpaper of Ranakpur Chaumukha Jain Mandir / Temple !! Location of Chaumukha Jain Temple.

Ranakpur Chaumukha Jain Temple


Ranakpur Chaumukha Jain Temple : Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil near Sadri town in the Pali district of Rajasthan in  India. It is located between Jodhpur and Udaipur. It away 162 km from Jodhpur and 91 km from Udaipur, in a valley on the western side of the Aravalli Range. The Nearest Railway Station to reach Ranakpur is Falna Railway station. Ranakpur is one among the most famous places to visit in Pali, Rajasthan. Ranakpur is easily accessed by road from Udaipur.
Ranakpur is also known as marble Jain temple, said to be the most spectacular of the Jain temples. There is also a small Sun temple which is managed by the Udaipur royal family trust.

The highlight of Chaumukha is its 29 halls and 1444 pillers none of which are similar in design. This temple is built on high plinth, encircled by lofty boundary walls with fraceful turrets.The temple has three entrances with double stories portals each leading through columned courts into the main halls – a seeming confusion of halls, pillers and courtyards radiating from the central shrine with a hundred pillers.





Light colored marble has been used for the construction of this grand temple which occupies an area of approximately 60 x 62 meters. The temple, with its distinctive domes, shikhara, turrets and cupolas rises majestically from the slope of a hill. There is one beautiful carving made out of a single marble rock where there 108 heads of snakes and numerous tails. One cannot find the end of the tails. The image faces all four cardinal directions. In the axis of the main entrance, on the western side, is the largest image.

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