Travel News Desk, India is known for its secularism and unity in diversity worldwide. While India is known for its famous forts, havelis, magnificent palaces and luxury hotels, on the other hand India is equally famous for its temples, mosques, churches and gurudwaras worldwide.
In Rajasthan, which holds an indelible mark on the world tourism map, you get to see royal royal grandeur, forts, palaces, tourist places, besides Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians as well as amazing, huge and magnificent temples of Jainism. Thank you very much to all the spectators for giving so much love to the video of Rajasthan’s major gurudwaras and Ajmer Sharif Dargah, if you have not seen these videos yet, then you will find their link in the video description. Rajasthan is world famous for its Jain temples all over the world, these temples include Dilwara Jain Temple, Nakoda Jain Temple, Sri Mahavir Jain Temple etc. In this video of today, we will take you on the video tour of Ranakpur Jain Temple, one of the most famous and recognized temples of Jainism.
Ranakpur Jain Temple, also known as Chaturmukh Dharna Vihar, is situated on the banks of the Maghi River near Sadri city of Pali district in the midst of the valleys of Aravalli mountain mala in Rajasthan. This temple is famous all over the world for its vast shape, architecture and beauty. It is one of the five major temples of Jainism, which is dedicated to Jain Tirthankara Adinathji. Surrounded by forests all around, this temple is also known for its natural beauty. You will be surprised to see the beautiful carvings and design of this temple, you will not feel that you are standing in a temple, you will feel that you are standing inside a palace.
The history of Ranakpur Jain Temple is very ancient which takes us in the time of the Mewar dynasty. Ranakpur Jain Temple was built by four devotees named Acharya Shyamsunder ji, Dharnashah, Rana Kumbha and Depa. It is said that Dharnashah saw the Nalinigulma aircraft in a dream one night and inspired by this dream, he decided to build this temple. When Dharnshah asked for land from Rana Kumbha for the construction of the temple, he was happy to give land. Many big and experienced architects were called for the construction of the temple, but no one liked the plan, and in the end he was satisfied with the plan of a simple object lamp from Mundara. After which architect Deepak prepared the architecture of Ranakpur Jain Temple. The construction of Ranakpur Jain temple took about 60 years. The construction of this amazing temple lasted till 1458 AD. At that time, about 99 lakh rupees were spent in the construction of this temple.
The Ranakpur temple is spread over a very large area which mainly includes Chaumukha Temple, Amba Mata Temple, Parshwanath Temple and Sun Temple etc. Chaumukha Temple dedicated to Adinath Tirthankar is the largest and important temple here. The temple has 29 halls, 1444 pillars and 80 domes. Apart from this, there are 76 small domes in the temple, four large prayer rooms and four big worship places, which motivate humans to get salvation by attaining freedom from 84 vagaries of life-death. The carvings of nymphs dancing inside the temple are worth seeing. Apart from this, four different entrances will be seen in the striking temple, which give the facility to come from all four directions in the temple, where devotees can take advantage of the darshan of the four-faced marble statue of four faces of Lord Adinath in the sanctum sanctorum. Looking at the structure of the temple carefully, it shows that its architecture and stone carvings correspond to another ancient Mirpur Jain temple in Rajasthan.
The 48,000 square -foot Vishal Ranakpur temple complex includes a total of four attracted temples and basements with pillars and domes. The carvings of the columns in the temple are the same accessories, in addition to the kalakarayan in fine scrollwork and geometric patterns on the roof. Apart from this, the structure of Ranakpur temple includes several pavilions, beautiful turrets, prayer halls built in the temple, two huge bells and attracted windows etc. The most unique feature of this temple is its color -changing pillars, which after every hour of the day turn color from golden to light blue.
You can go to Ranakpur Jain Temple anytime in a year, the best time to visit Ranakpur Jain temple in the lap of nature is from July to September. There is an influx of tourists throughout the year, who enjoy the natural beauty here along with visiting the temple. The very attractive and attacked Ranakpur Jain temple also makes a good place for photography. Ranakpur Jain Temple is open to devotees and tourists from 9 am to 5 pm.
Tourists can choose any of the flights, train and bus for visit to Ranakpur Jain Temple. The nearest airport from Ranakpur Jain Temple is Maharana Pratap Airport or Dabok Airport of Udaipur, located at a distance of 108 km. The nearest railway station from Ranakpur Jain Temple is Falna railway station at a distance of 29 km and Udaipur railway station at a distance of 96 km. Ranakpur Jain Temple is well connected to the nearest cities around it via road.
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