Ranila Jain Mandir

Getting there

• By air

  Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi is the nearest airport, 97 km away.

• By train

  Charkhi Dadri railway station is the nearest station, 21 km away.

• By road

  Bond Kalan bus stop is the nearest bus stop, 11 km away.

Why devotees come here

Ranila Jain Mandir is a Jain temple in Ranila village, Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana. Its main image is Adinath, also called Rishabhanatha, and the village has two important red sandstone Jain idols. Getting there means a train or flight, then road travel to the village.

Legend says a farmer, Ranjit Singh, dug up the two main idols while working his field in Ranila village. The idols are of Adinatha and Chakreshwari Devi. Adinath is placed inside the main temple as its mulnayak, the chief image, and Chakreshwari Devi is housed in a smaller shrine.

Ranila was an important Jain centre in medieval times. Royal patrons of the Tomara and Chahamana dynasties supported it. Estimates of the age of the idols differ. One puts them at the 6th to 7th century, and another says they are 1400 to 1500 years old, so the date is not settled.

The main idol is orange, with Adinath carved in the centre and the other 23 Tirthankaras on three sides. Ranila has two important red sandstone Jain idols.

Tips for your visit

• The temple has a dharamshala with modern facilities and a bhojanalya, so a meal and a rest are available at the temple itself.
• Chakreshwari Devi is housed inside a smaller shrine, so allow time to see both shrines before you leave the temple.
• The main image is orange, with the other Tirthankaras carved on three of its sides.

Questions people ask