RAS question
The Chandrabhaga Fair, held on the banks of the Chandrabhaga river, is located near which famous temple?
Correct answer: (C) Jhalarapatan Sun Temple.
The Chandrabhaga Fair is held near the Jhalarapatan Sun Temple in Jhalawar district.
Explanation
The location clue is the Chandrabhaga river at Jhalarapatan, not a temple town elsewhere in Rajasthan. Rajasthan Tourism places the Chandrabhaga Fair at Jhalarapatan, about six kilometres from Jhalawar, in the month of Kartik, when pilgrims gather on the riverbank and a large cattle fair is organised. The exam-specific marker is that it is held near the Sun Temple at Jhalarapatan on Kartik Purnima. That is why the correct association is Jhalarapatan Sun Temple. The Sun Temple link also matters because this temple is often compared with the Konark Sun Temple, making it a recurring Rajasthan art-and-culture fact.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Ranakpur Jain Temple is in Pali and is not the Chandrabhaga-river fair location identified with Jhalarapatan.
- (B) Brahma Temple Pushkar belongs to the Pushkar Lake setting, whereas the Chandrabhaga Fair is tied to the Chandrabhaga river at Jhalarapatan.
- (D) Dilwara Temples are at Mount Abu, so they do not match the Jhalarapatan cattle fair held on the Chandrabhaga riverbank.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan art-and-culture habit of linking fairs with their exact riverbank, town and nearby temple. RAS repeats such pairings because a single location clue often separates otherwise famous religious sites.