The Hugeness of Ranakpur Temple

    Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil 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.

    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 temple is designed as chaumukha—with four faces. The construction of the temple and quadrupled image symbolize the Tirthankara's conquest of the four cardinal directions and hence the cosmos.

    Above Details mentioned from :- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranakpur

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    1. [PKPC] (14 months ago | reply)

      awesome composition and light..

    2. This photo was invited and added to the India Lovely - Portraits and Landscapes group.

    3. Dezine Zync (14 months ago | reply)

      Grand. Very very grand.

    4. girish_suryawanshi (14 months ago | reply)

      ThanksPankaj. I guess you have a similar one on explore... !!!

    5. rvidesh (14 months ago | reply)

      Classic !! Perfect light and angle

    6. vishal.singh (14 months ago | reply)

      Superb Shot !!!

    7. v4vjk (14 months ago | reply)

      nice view

    8. Kals Pics (14 months ago | reply)

      spectacular architecture
      well framed

    9. bardaxi (14 months ago | reply)

      THIS PHOTOGRAPHY ROCKS!!
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    10. Yamini Dhengle (14 months ago | reply)

      wow... marvellous!!! amazin shot!!!

    11. azucargeminis (catching up slowly...) (14 months ago | reply)

      Amazing interior of the temple !

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    12. kissoflif3 (14 months ago | reply)

      Lovely light. Stunning architecture.

    13. SagarDani (14 months ago | reply)

      It's the glory of architecture you have captured.. love it :)

    14. Luciano ROMEO and MILK™ added this photo to their favorites.

    15. PRATHAMography (14 months ago | reply)

      Class view.....

    16. Anupam Mukherjee, shailendra.tawade, tonythefisher, basu2013, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    17. AGrinberg (4 months ago | reply)

      Visited in November.
      Amazing place, for sure.

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