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| settlement_type    = Rural
| image_skyline      = Jain Temple Ranakpur.jpg
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| image_caption      = Ranakpur Jain temple
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Pali district|Pali]]
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| postal_code        = 306702
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| area_code          = 02934
| registration_plate = RJ-22
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'''Ranakpur''' is a village located in [[Desuri]] tehsil near [[Pali, Rajasthan|Pali city]] in the [[Pali district]]  of [[Rajasthan]] in western [[India]]. It is located between [[Jodhpur]] and [[Udaipur, Rajasthan|Udaipur]], 162&nbsp;km from Jodhpur and 91&nbsp;km from Udaipur, in a valley on the western side of the [[Aravalli Range]]. The nearest railway station to reach Ranakpur is [[Falna]] and [[Rani railway station]]. Ranakpur is easily accessed by road from Udaipur, Pali district in Rajasthan. Ranakpur is one of the most famous places to visit in Pali, Rajasthan and is widely known for its marble Jain temple, said to be the most spectacular of the Jain temples.<ref>Ranakpur Temples, {{cite web |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/rajasthan/udaipur/33239/ranakpur-temples/attraction-detail.html |title=Ranakpur Temples - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Udaipur - New York Times Travel |accessdate=23 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411065651/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/rajasthan/udaipur/33239/ranakpur-temples/attraction-detail.html |archivedate=11 April 2012  }}</ref>
==Jain temple==
{{main|Ranakpur Jain temple}}The renowned [[Jain]] temple at Ranakpur is dedicated to [[Tirthankara]] [[Rishabha|Adinatha]].<ref name="kumar">Kumar, Sehdev (2001). ''A Thousand Petalled Lotus: Jain Temples of Rajasthan'', p. 96. Abhinav. {{ISBN|81-7017-348-5}}.</ref> Local legend has it that Dharma Shah, a local Jain [[businessperson]], started construction of the temple in the 15th century following a divine vision.  The temple honours Adinath, the first Tirthankar of the present half-cycle (avasarpiṇī) according to Jain cosmology.  The town of Ranakpur and the temple are named after the provincial ruler monarch, [[Kumbha_of_Mewar|Rana Kumbha]] who supported the construction of the temple.<ref name="rpk">{{cite web|url=http://www.talkativeman.com/jain-temples-ranakpur-rajasthan-india/|title=Visit the Jain Temples of Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref>
==Picture gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Worshippers leaving the temple in Ranakpur.jpg|Worshipers leaving the temple at Ranakpur
File:Ranakpur-Jain-Marble-Temple-wall-Frescoes-Apr-2004-02.JPG|The deity of Shri Parshwanathjee with 108 heads of snakes and numerous tails. One cannot find the end of the tails.
File:Ranakpur Jain-Tempel Ornament.jpg|The ceiling at the entrance is decorated with ''akichaka'', a bearded man with five bodies representing fire, water, heaven, earth, and air.
File:Ranakpur-Jain-Marble-Temple-main-Shrine-Apr-2004-00.JPG|Jain Marble Temple main Shrine, Ranakpur.
File:Pali-district-Ranakpur-Jain-Sun-Temple-Apr-2004-02.JPG|Sun Temple which is 300 meters to the side of the main marble temple, Ranakpur.
Image:Ranakpur-JambuDweep-Dec2014.jpg|Depiction of JambuDweep जम्बुद्वीप
File:Jain temple at Ranakpur in Aravalli range near Udaipur Rajasthan India Thirthankars.jpg|The iconic representation of Mt. Sahtrujava, where 863 Jain temples cluster near Palitana.
Ranakpur-Suparshavanath_Temple-20131012.jpg|Suparshavanath Temple at Ranakpur ii
</gallery>
==See also==
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* [[Jain Temple]]
* [[List of Jain temples]]
* [[Jain art]]
==Notes==
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==References==
*L. Clermont & T. Dix authored/photographed book, "Jainism and the temples of Mount Abu and Ranakpur".
* [http://www.ranakpurtemple.com/about-the-ranakpur.html History of Ranakpur Temple]
* [http://www.udaipur.org.uk/temples/ranakpur-temple.html Ranakpur Temple]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090824101339/http://www.pilgrimage-india.com/jain-pilgrimage/ranakpur.html Ranakpur]
*[http://www.bagheerascamp.com/about.php Godwar]
==External links==
*[http://www.ranakpurtemple.com About the ranakpur temple]
*[http://www.kamit.jp/03_jaina/6_ranakpur/ran_eng.htm Jaina Architecture in India ch. 6. The Adinatha Temple at Ranakpur]
*[http://www.newsgaze.com/2009/06/exploring-temple-of-ranakpur/Exploring Temple of Ranakpur]
*[http://wikimapia.org/#lat=25.1162031&lon=73.473537&z=16&l=0&m=b]
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[[Category:Villages in Pali district]]