Category:Ranchhodrai Temple, Dakor

Ranchhod Rai temple, Dakor 

A Krishna tradition temple in Gujarat
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Instance of	Hindu temple
Location	Kheda district, Gujarat, India
22° 45′ 15.3″ N, 73° 08′ 56.4″ E
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The Ranchhodrai temple of Dakor is a historic Krishna temple and pilgrimage site. The word "Ranchhod" is an euphemism for "one who ran away from the battlefield". In Krishna-lila, an evil king Jarasandha sends his army to kill child Krishna in Mathura. He runs away from the one-sided battlefield to Saurashtra, Gujarat where he builds an army. This legend inspired Hindu temples dedicated to Krishna as Ranchhod. He is typically symbolized as a small child-statue made of black or blue material, typically stone or metal. Krishna is popular in this form in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

The Ranchhodrai temple of Dakor is one of the largest and regionally popular temple of this tradition. It has attracted numerous Hindu pilgrims particularly since the collapse of the Mughal empire in the 18th-century. The complex includes temple and monuments with Maratha architecture, exemplified with onion bulb-style domes and decorative additions. This architecture emerged after the traditional silpin schools were largely extinct and the artisan skill set available were from a pool who previously built the Rajput-Mughal fusion architecture.

The Ranchhodrai temple is a part of a large complex of numerous Hindu temples along the lake and promenade in Dakor. This includes Nath tradition, Shiva, Shakti and other Vishnu tradition temples.