Sadri

 

A small town and municipality in the Pali District of Rajasthan, Sadri is one of the major worship places for the Jain Community and a landing place for the Ranakpur Jain Temple and Shri Parshuram Mahadev Mandir. It used to be under the reign of Sindhal Rathores. Sadri works as a gateway to Marwar from Mewar.

Major attractions here include the Ranakpur Jain Temple, Parshuram Mahadev Temple, Varahavatar Temple and Chintamani Parasnath Temple. Sadri has fourteen ancient Jain Temples which include Shri Parashuram Mahadev Temple, Shri Vokkal Mata Temple, Shri Mahakali Temple, etc.  The old Dargah of Khudabaksh Baba is also a popular attraction of the place.

Parshuram Mahadev Temple 

Located 3,995 feet above sea-level, the Parshuram Mahadev Temple is situated in the Pali District. It is said that the cave was made by the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu, Parshuram with his axe. He used to worship Lord Shiva here. It is said that the temple has naturally made figures of Lord Ganesh and Lord Shiva and has nine kunds which never go dry. One needs to get down 500 stairs to reach the cave.

Fairs are organised here twice a year. On the Shravan Shukla Sastami and Saptami (6th and 7th) usually falling in August/September a large fair is held. According to an estimate, around 900,000 people visit the holy place every year.

Source:

https://www.holidify.com/places/ranakpur/sadri-sightseeing-5732.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parshuram_Mahadev_Temple

 

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