The
Karni Mata Hindu temple was built by
Maharajah Ganga Singh in the early 1900s as a tribute to the rat goddess,
Karni Mata and the most intriguing aspect of it, is that it’s home for over 20.000
worshiped rats.
The legend behind this temple is that
Karni Mata, a matriarch from the 14th century was a reincarnation of
Durga,
the goddess of power and victory. at one point one of her clansmen’s child died and she tried to bring it back to life only to be told by
Yama, the god of death that he had already reincarnated as a rat.
Karni Mata struck a deal with
Tama, that all her dead clansmen would reincarnate as rats, until they were ready to be born again into the tribe.
It’s a nice story but I can’t stop thinking about how that place must smell…
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