Ranakpur Jain Temple ki kahani ek purani dharmik kahani hai jo Swetambar Jain samudaay se judi hai.

• Lok-katha kehta hai ki Dharna Shah (Porwal jain vyapari) ne dev-vani (celestial dream) dekh kar ek mahaan mandir banwane ki ichchha ki. Unhe yeh drishti mili ki Adinath (Rishabhanath) ke bhavan ko aisa dikhaya jaye jaise swargiya viman ho. Is drishti se unhone mandir ki yojana ki shuruat ki.
• Rana Kumbha, Mewar ke raja, ne is kalpna ko sakar karne mein sahayata ki aur bhoomi pradan ki.
• Mandir ki rachna 15th shatabdi (lagbhag 1430s-1500s) ke dauran chalti rahi. Iska mukhya mandir Chaumukha Adinath ke roop mein sthapit hai, jisme chaar mukh (char dishaon ki 4 mooh) wale murti ki aradhana hoti hai.
• Ranakpur temple ki sabse mashhoor visheshata 1,444 sangathit safed marble ki khambon ki baari hai, jinmein se har ek ki kalakari alag hai. Is mandir ko Māru-Gurjara alaaka ki kala se sajaya gaya hai. Mandir ki chhaton, bhonyra (pillar), aur mandap ki sundarta ko dekh kar logon ko romanch hota hai.

Sthanik dharohar ki roshni mein:

• Yeh mandir Swetambar Jain samudaay ke liye ek ati pavitra sthaan mana jata hai.
• Digambar parampara mein anek kahaniyan milti hain par Ranakpur ki mukhya kahani aur uski sthapna ki katha zyada tar Swetambar shrinishth ke roop mein jaani jaati hai.

Note:

• Ranakpur ki kahaniyon mein kuch jagah par varnit tareeke se thoda bahut alag-alag vyakhya milti hai, lekin mool udeshya Adinath ki pooja, mandir ki rachna, aur Rana Kumbha ki sahayata ke around hi kendrit hai.
• Yahan diya gaya saar-sankshipt arth Jain dharm ke paramparik sandarbh mein hai aur dono mukhya sampradayon ki bhinnayein (Digambar/Shwetambar) ko sammanjanak tareeke se darshata hai.

Agar aap chahen to main Ranakpur temple ki specific kahaniyon ke alag-alag shravak ya granthon ki arth-vyakhya (Digambar vs. Shwetambar) ko aur sankshipt roop mein pesh kar sakta/ sakti hoon.