Svapnesvara Mahadeva Temple, Ranpur

The temple is located on the right side of Ranpur-Jankia Road and about half a kilometer east of Ranpur town. The temple consists of rekha vimana, pidha jagamohana and a bhogamandapa of impoverished Kalingan order. Besides architectural fragments, images of Jagannatha, Ganesa, Bhairava, two numbers of Risabhanatha images189 are also found in the temple complex (Pls.LXXXVIIIA-LXXXVIIIC).

Risabhanatha:

The Tirthankara represented in kayotsarga posture over a double petalled lotus pedestal below which his lanchana bull is carved. He is flanked by chauri bearers at the bottom and flying vidyadharas and musical instrument played in the hands of invisible gandharvas at the top. He has usual curly knots and few strands of which are fallen over his shoulder. The auspicious trivali mark at the neck, elongated earlobe, ornate torana surmounted by a circular decorated halo at his back and chhatravali capped by branches of kevala tree are the other features depicted on the image. Besides, astagrahas (four on each side), champaka flowers and full blown lotus flowers are represented on either sides of the Tirthankara.

The other Risabhanatha image in the temple complex is less decorated than the former. He stands in kayotsarga posture over a double petalled lotus pedestal below which his lanchana bull is carved. He is flanked by chauri bearers at the bottom and flying vidyadharas at the top. He has a plain circular prabhavali at the back of his head. Twenty four Tirthankaras (twelve on each side) in diminutive size are depicted on either side of the mulanayaka Risabhanatha. The image is damaged at the upper portion of the stone slab.