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A temple in Deshnok, India, is devoted to the worship of rats. They are allowed to run freely and are fed and kept safe within the temple's walls. A marvelous site about the temple's history and practices can be found at http://cj_whitehound.madasafish.com/Rats_Nest/Ship_Rats/Deshnok.htm

Squeamish about rats? Well then don't visit Karni Mata Temple in Deshnok, India, where Hindu devotees worship thousands of holy rats.

The Karni Mata Temple is an important Jain pilgrimage site. It is a beautiful temple made of marble with solid silver doors. However, it is not the architecture of this temple that attracts non-Jain tourists; it is the thousands of rats that inhabit it. There are special holes and tunnels around the temple to.... more

I visit Karni Mata, the temple of the rats. This is an episode of Expeditions from http://www.ryanestrada.com

In the Karni Mata Temple in the village of Deshnok, near Bikaner in Rajasthan (India), hundreds of small rats run around rampant, eating and drinking the sweets and milk provided by pilgrims in their honour. The rats are considered holy because they are believed to be reincarnations of storytellers who wait in the.... more

Yes, it is a beautiful marble temple with silver gates.......just for rats!!!!! Well, people in this region believe that their ancestors have a rebirth as rats. So to do something good for your ancestors they get a great place to stay (even the open air areas are protected with nets against hawks or other enemies.... more

Vietnamese hunting and cooking rats for breakfast.

At the point where the two river of Lyon come together, the quick moving Rhone and the slower Saone, the colors of the two rives collide before mixing. They converge just after a peninsula that has rather than being a tourist spot to admire the confluence, a factory quarter full of smoke belching factories. The city.... more

Boston Restaurant Rats

2 ancient Hornby Rats battle it out on newly cleaned track - scale speed is approx 110 to 120 mph !!