Ladnun

Ladnun, is a city and a municipality in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a Tehsil headquarters of Nagaur district. This city was earlier known as Chanderi Nagari. It is also the birthplace of the highly revered personality Acharya Tulsi who founded Anuvrata and the Jain Vishva Bharati University. This renowned personality was praised as one of the 15 great persons of the world by former President Dr. Radhakrishnan in his famous book "Living with Purpose". The history of Ladnun goes back to the days of ' Mahabharata', the great epic. The Shishupala Kingdom described in this great epic conquered Ladnun in the 12th century. Later on, the Ladnun region became a part of Jodhpur in the 16th century.

It is the city of Jain temples and one of the most visited pilgrim places of Jain community after Shri Mahaveerji. Ladnun is famous for Jain Vishva Bharati University, Jain temples of exquisite marble work, Ramanand gaushala and other old temples of religious and architectural importance. This city is also famous as the birthplace of sacred Jain Muni Aacharya Tulsi. The excursions from Ladnun within 15–20 km are Dungar Balaji, Salasar Balaji Dham, Tirupati Balaji at Sujangarh.