There Rat Temple in India

Rajasthan - Karni Mata Temple in India have a nickname Rat Rat Temple Tample alias. Here, there are 20 thousand rats living in the temple. Make tourists curious!

BBC Travel review sites about this Rat Temple. Temple is truly unique, because the rats in the temple live and breed. Not expelled, even given, taken care of and there are guards in particular.

Rat Temple is located about 450 km from New Delhi. This temple is located about 30 km from Rajasthan. Although far, many tourists who are willing to go there because he wanted to see the temple up close.

Once inside the temple, the eye will be made wide. Black-furred rat passing on the floor up on the table. Do not even kill him, because it would be subject to fines of pure gold weighing the mice were killed!

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Why are so many rats in the Karni Mata Temple? In the 14th century, the son of a hermit Karni Mata died. She wants her son back to life and to pray to the God of Death, Yama. His prayer was granted, it's just her and the other descendants will be reincarnated into mice.

So after that, the pilgrims in the temple so mengeramatkan to rats there. The pilgrims always bring food, such as bread, fruit sweets to milk to feed a mouse-rat. In fact, the rest of rat food considered a blessing and bring profit.

Tourists are allowed to go in and take a walk into the temple. But remember, be careful not to tread stepping rat-rat. If counted, it is estimated there are 20 thousand more are rats in there!