page_title: Pali district
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Pali district / Culture / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: The temple at Ranakpur is one of the holiest Jain sites. This temple is known as the temple of a thousand columns - inside, there are a thousand columns and no two are decorated the same.
context_page_description: Pali District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The town of Pali is the district headquarters.
context_section_description: Ranakpur
  Ranakpur village is home to important Jain temples. Over 400 marble pillars support the temple. Opposite the Jain temple is the much older Sun Temple. Temples of Ranakpur present a distinct style of their own. The ceilings of the temples are adorned with foliate scrollwork and geometric patterns. The top and bottom part of the domes are joined by Brackets with figures of deities on them. The most important amongst all the temples within the complex is the Chaumukha Temple. Dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankara, Adinath, it is a four faced temple which has a basement of 48,000 square feet (4,500 m²). The temple boasts of four subsidiary shrines, 24 pillared halls and 80 domes standing on the support of nearly 400 columns (the total number of columns in the temple complex, however, is much larger, around 1444). Each of the columns is richly carved and no two columns have the same design. Moreover, the columns change colour from golden to pale blue with the passage of every hour during the day.
  Jain Temple, Nana
  This place is associated with Jainism, where the life-size image of Mahavira was once worshipped. Nanavala or Jnanakiya gachchha (Jain saint community) was founded at Nanea by Prabhananda.Village Nana is also described in ancient Jain books. It is called as "NANA Diyana Nandiya...Jiwit Mahavir Swami Vihariya..." You can see ancient Jain temple of Lord Mahavir. It is said that this temple is around 2600 years old. This idol is 120 cm in height. Recently Shree Munisuvrat Swami temple is also established on 16 May 2013 by huge make over.
  Shri Rata Mahaveer Jain Tirth
  Shri Rata Mahaveer Jain Tirth or Hathundi Teerth was built in year 313 (370 VS). This temple has Bhagwan Mahaveer Swami as its primary deity. This idol is made of bricks, sand and calcium, having sanguine (Rata) red colour and hence also called as Rata Mahaveerji.
  Shri Navlakha Parshwanath Jain Temple
  The Jain temple is in the main city. Rs 9 lakhs were spent on raising the temple in 912( VS 969). It is said that the assumed cost of ghee was Rs. nine lakhs and the money later used for developing this temple, which later on called as Navlakha temple. Moolnayak of this temple is a White coloured idol of Navlakha Parshwanath in the Padmasana posture. This temple belongs to Shwetambar Sect. of Jainism. Dharamshala (Lodging) and Bhojanshala (Food) facilities are available.
  Jain temples
  Apart from Ranakpur has also famous Jain temples of Shri Varkana Parswanath Jain Tirth,  Muchhal Mahavir Temple, Ghanerao, Shri Narlai Jain Tirth, Shri Nadol Jain Tirth, Shri Shantinath Jain Temple Sumer, Shri Chintamani Parswanath & Shri Shankheshwar Parswanath Bagol,  Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth Rani, Shri Takhatgarh Jain Tirth, Shri Korthaji tirth at Bamnera, Shri Manmohan Parshvanath jinalaya Banta, Falna Swarn Temple, Sanderao Jain Temple, Khimel Jain Temple.
  Jawai dam
  Jawai Dam is one of the biggest dams in western Rajasthan. It is situated in Sumerpur Tehsil, Pali district, and has a capacity of 6000 million cubic feet. Jawai Dam is a good tourist spot.
  Parshuram Mahadev Temple
  Parshuram Mahadev Temple is in Desuri Tehsil and situated on the top of one of the hills of Aravalli. This is the famous temple of lord Shiva made by Parshuram with his axe. The temple is 14 km away from Sadri Town of Pali.
  Om Banna
  The Sacred temple (than) of Om Banna is 20 km away from the city on the Jodhpur-Pali highway. This is the site where Om Banna died in a road accident. The motorbike of Om Banna is kept there for devotional worship.
  Aai Mata Ji Temple
  There are famous temples of Shri Aai Mata jiDham called as Jekalji dham in Narlai and  Shree Aai mataji temple called as Shree Jijivad Dham, Dailana where A Jyoti has a continuous flame which produces Kesar (a saffron coloured soot) instead of Kajal (carbon black). Most of the followers of Aai Mata ji are members of the Seervi सीरवी community.
  Nimbo Ka Nath Mahadev Temple
  Nimbo Ka Nath Mahadev Temple is situated on Falna to Sanderao route. There is a myth which says that pandavas stayed here with mother Kunti during the exile. Kunti 
caption: Jain Temple
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