Beautiful Viewpoint next the amazing Jain Temple Ranakpur specially for Sunset.
Walk along a little lake,where you can see some crocodiles.
Starting and Parkingpoint is opposite from a little carpet-shop,go trough an follow the small walking path to the top and enjoy your stay! This cache is dedicated to our crazy Hell-Driver Vijay...!And he´s also the local Cacheguard,who takes care about it.He can show you all this places and more.For more contact details please mail!
Jain Temple Ranakpur
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.
Small note on cache maintenance: There is a local cache guardian. Name and contact info on file with geocaching.com.
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