Ranakpur Jain Temple

Ranakpur Jain Temple Overview

Ranakpur Jain temple or Chaturmukha Dharanavihara is a Jain temple at Ranakpur village in Pali district of Rajasthan, India. Temple is dedicated to Tirthankara Rishabhanatha. In a valley on the western side of the Aravalli Range, these temples form one of the five major pilgrimages of the Jains and known for being the largest and most important temples of the Jain cult. The temple is a masterpiece of architecture and boasts of not less than four additional shrines. It has 24 pillared halls with 80 domes that are supported by 400 columns. stunning act about these columns is that they change their color from golden to pale blue after every hour during the day. Ranakpur village is located at approx 93km from Udaipur, 357km from state capital Jaipur, 154km from Jodhpur. Ranakpur Dam is located just 1km from the Jain Temple.