PM Modi additionally inaugurated the revamped Deshnoke station underneath the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, situated close to the Karni Mata temple. He additionally flagged off the Bikaner-Mumbai specific prepare.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the revered Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke in Bikaner district of Rajasthan at this time and provided prayers. The temple, sometimes called the ‘Temple of Rats,’ is devoted to Karni Mata, thought of an incarnation of Goddess Durga.

Watch the video right here Know in regards to the Karni Mata temple The Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, is famend not just for its religious significance but in addition for the hundreds of rats that inhabit it. The temple is dedicated to Karni Mata, believed to be a manifestation of Goddess Durga, and legend holds that she turned her stepson and his descendants into rats.

Situated close to the Bikaner border, the temple is a significant pilgrimage website, particularly for followers of the Charani sagatis. Its prominence grew after the partition, which restricted entry to the Hinglaj Mata Temple, a revered Shakti Pith situated in present-day Pakistan.

Widely referred to as the ‘Temple of Rats’, it’s house to over 25,000 rats, thought of sacred and affectionately referred to as kābā, believed to be the religious youngsters of Karni Mata.

According to spiritual beliefs, Karni Mata was born as Righubai in 1387 right into a Charan household. She was married to Depaji Charan from the village of Sathika, however selected a religious path after turning into indifferent from worldly life. She bought her youthful sister, Gulab, to marry her husband to proceed the household line and devoted herself to spiritual service and serving to others.

Owing to her selfless service and religious devotion, individuals started to discuss with her as Karni Mata. The temple nonetheless maintains the positioning the place she as soon as worshipped her deity. It is believed she lived for 151 years, and after her passing, devotees put in her idol on the temple, which turned a sacred place of worship.

It can be believed that recognizing a white mouse on the temple is taken into account auspicious. As per legend, Karni Mata’s stepson Laxman, the kid of her husband and her sister, drowned in Kapil Sarovar. Following this, Karni Mata pleaded with Yama, the god of loss of life and justice, to revive him. Moved by her devotion, Yama restored Laxman’s life, however as a rat. Since then, it’s believed that upon loss of life, Karni Mata’s descendants are reborn as rats and return to dwell within the temple.