Karni Mata Temple

Bikaner district, India

Also known as: करणी माता मन्दिर ,बीकानेरਕਰਣੀ ਮਾਤਾகர்ணி மாதா கோயில்కర్ణి మాతా దేవాలయంಕರ್ಣಿಮಾತಾകർണിമാതാ ക്ഷേത്രം

front gate of karni mata temple The mystic Karni Mata is considered by devotees to be an embodiment of Durga. She lived in the 15th century. The temple dedicated to her is located in Deshnoke (a village 33 km from Bikaner). It is populated by sacred rats which roam free and circulate between the leg — Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Karni Mata Temple of Deshnoke, also known as Madh Deshnoke, is a prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Karni Mata at the town of Deshnoke, located 30 km south of Bikaner, in Rajasthan. It has become the most important pilgrimage site for devotees of Charani sagatis after access to Hinglaj was restricted following the partition of India. The temple is also a popular destination for tourists and pilgrims and is renowned, both in India and internationally, as the "Temple of Rats" due to the numerous rodents known as kābā which are considered holy and treated with utmost care by devotees. This is sometimes upheld as exemplary of an "environmentally conscious Hindu ethos".[2]

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Key facts

Presiding deity	Karni Mata[1]
Architecture	Mughal architecture[1]
Location	Bikaner district, India
Status	Active

Sources

Wikidata Q15233884 — Wikidata
Karni Mata Temple - Wikipedia — Wikipedia