This is day 6 & we change our itinerary slightly, instead of going to Udaipur, our driver offers to take us to the Jain temple of Ranakpur, & wow, what a beautiful place! The construction of this temple called Adinatha started in the 15th century following a divine vision. The temple honors Adinath, the first Tirthankar and founder of the Jain religion. 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.
After Ranakpur, we head towards Khumbalgarh, to see a sound & light show on the fort, the story was all in Hindi, therefore a bit boring & not great at all...