Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Ranakpur Jain Temple

A user's photo.Exquisite ornate pillars at Ranakpur Jain Temple
Over 1444 marble pillars, carved in exquisite detail, support the temple. The pillars are all differently carve...d 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 largestimage.
A user's photo.
 Light colored marble has been used for the construction of this grand temple which occupies an area of approximately 60 x 62 meters. The te...mple, with its distinctive domes, shikhara , turrets and cupolas rises majestically from the slope of a hill. Over 1444 marble pillars, carved in exquisite detail, supportthe 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 oneor 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.

 

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