Ranakdevi's Temple

On the way to Patan, Ranakdevi committed sati on the banks of Bhogavo river at Wadhwan.

[1] Ranakdevi's paliya (memorial stone) and a shrine still stand on the southern banks of the Bhogavo river in Wadhwan.

Based on the style of construction, the temple seems to have been built in 10th century as the design of shikhara belongs to post-Maitraka period.

[1] According to Madhusudan Dhaky and Harishankar Shastri, it was probably in last quarter of the 9th century during the reign of Dharanivaraha of the Chhapa dynasty who ruled from Vardhamana (now Wadhwan).

[1][2] It is listed as the Monuments of National Importance and maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.

1899 photograph from southweat showing shikhara carvings
Doorframe