Jain Temple, Ranakpur

We drive from Udaipur to a Jain temple in Ranakpur. It takes about 2 hours and the drive is through some rugged mountainous country. We see monkeys, wild pigs, a horse, a camel and cows. Lots of cows. Not cows in a field as that is a rarity. Cows are usually in the middle of the road.
By the time we get to Ranakpur we need to use the washroom. Hari puts us in the right direction to the loo, but as we approach, the toilet paper salesman intervenes. The cost is 20 rupees for paper but the smallest I have is a 200 rupee bill. He manages to scrounge up 100 in change. I think we got 4 squares each. He was nowhere to be seen when I exited the washroom. He probably retired.

The Jain temple was impressive in that it is carved from marble. There are 1444 individual columns intricately decorated by hand carving each.

The rest of the journey to Jodpur was relatively slow due to traffic. The afternoon evening traffic was lots of goats being herded down the road. Everyone who had goats was moving them today.Read more