Ranakpur

Ranakpur is a village near Sadri town in the Pali district  of Rajasthan in western India. It is located between Jodhpur and Udaipur, in a valley on the western side of the Aravalli Range. Ranakpur is easily accessed by road from Udaipur.Ranakpur is widely known for its marble Jain temple, and for a much older Sun Temple which lies opposite the former.The renowned Jain temple at Ranakpur is dedicated to Adinatha. 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. Over 1444 marble pillars, carved in exquisite detail, support the temple.The pillars are all differently carved and no two pillars are the same.It is also said that it is impossible to count the pillars.Also all the statues face one or the other statue,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. The construction of the temple and quadrupled image symbolize the Tirthankara's conquest of the four cardinal directions and hence the cosmos.
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Ranakpur est une petite cité du Rajasthan située dans la chaîne des Ârâvalli à une soixantaine de kilomètres au nord de la ville d'Udaipur. Elle tire son nom du raja Rana Kumbha.
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Die Tempelanlagen von Ranakpur im indischen Bundesstaat Rajasthan bilden einen der größten und schönsten sakralen Komplexe Indiens.
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Ranakpur je malé místo v distriktu Pali v indickém státu Rádžasthán. Je známý predevším díky asi nejvetší a nejbohateji zdobené skupine džainistických chrámu v Indii, které pochází z 15. století.
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