महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharāṇa Kumbha.
Ranpur is one of the five sacred places in
Marwar. Streams of Jain pilgrims visit it all
the year round. It was built by Maharana
Kumbha's favourite, Dhāranaka, in V. S. 1496
(A.D. 1439), and was designed by the architect
Dipaka. It is four storeys high including the
underground vault and is supported by nu-
merous columns of granite upwards of forty
feet high. The interior is inlaid with mosaics
of cornelian and agate.
The temple is called Chaumukha because
the principal figure is a group of four images
placed on a pedestal back to back so as to
face the four cardinal directions. The images
are of white marble, and all of Rishabdeva.
"The upper storey also contains a similar shrine
accessible by four doors opening from the
terraced roofs of the building. The lower and
principal shrine has no door, as is very often
the case with Jain temples, but only a small
porch called Mukhamanadapa. Further, on a
lower level, is a Sabhā-Mandapa or open
assembly hall, on each side approached by a
nāl or flight of stairs. Outside this flight of
stairs is an open porch, and above, a closed
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