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Registered Societies: see MAHARANA MEWAR CHARITIES and individual entries.
Religious Trusts: see MAHARANA MEWAR CHARITIES and individual entries.
Reptiles of Mewar: see NATURAL FEATURES OF MEWAR.
Rig-Veda, a Samhita or collection of hymns to the deities, the oldest sacrificial hymns composed in North India west of the Ganges (perhaps twelve hundred of them). It is one of the four books of the VEDAS, which dates from ca 1000 BC (but possibly much earlier).
Rikhabdeo (Rishibdeo Adnith), a town with a famous Jain temple, about 25 km. south of Udaipur. The town was the southernmost boundary in the Aravallis of Pratap Singh's domain during his war against the Mughals, with Kumbhalgarh as the northernmost limit. Because of the temple, the town draws thousands of Jain pilgrims from all parts of India every year. The image of Shri Rikhabdeo is traditionally bathed in keser (saffron), therefore it is known as Kesrianath. Maharana Fateh Singh decorated the image with a golden coat studded with precious stones consisting more than a lakh of rupees. The origin of this temple is shrouded in mystery.
Rishabdev (Kesariya) Temple, 64 km. south of Udaipur on National Highway 8. The temple of Rishabdev is small in comparison to the larger and more famous ADINATH TEMPLE at RANAKPUR. Here, there are fifty-two cells. There is no recorded date of the deity's installation, but the temple was repaired in the 14th and 15th centuries. The icon is 1 m. high, in a sitting position, carved in black marble. On special occasions the image is clothed with the angia (garment), which Maharana Fateh Singh (1884-1930) presented to the temple. The temple houses twenty-two statues of TIRTHANKARAS and fifty-two statues of Devas Kulikas. Three communities worship the deity: Swetambar Jains, Vaisnavas (who claim the Lord as their eighth avatar), and the BHILS who call the deity Kala Baba, the Black Lord. The temple is also known throughout India as Kesaryia, a name derived from the kesar or saffron which is put on the icon as a mark of worship. On the Rishabdev-Kalyanpur road, quite close to the Kesaryia complex, there is a place of worship called Pagliyalli where there are said to be actual footprints of Lord Rishabdev. A fair is held in the township on the birthday of Lord Rishabdev.
Rishabdev (Rishabdeo), a town 64 km. south of Udaipur, near the Gujarat border, site of the famous RISHABDEV TEMPLE.
Rishabdevji: see RISHABDEV TEMPLE.
Rishi Dayanand, a religious scholar invited to Udaipur by Maharana SAJJAN SINGH (1874-1884) for special religious education.
Rivers of Mewar: see NATURAL FEATURES OF MEWAR.
RNT (Ravindra Nath Tagore) Medical College, near Court Choraya, Udaipur. Ravindra Nath (also Rabindranath) Tagore was an acclaimed poet, playwright, novelist, and Nobel Prize winner. This college was named in his honour.
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