DESHNOK - RATS IN KARNIMATA TEMPLE

The Mother gives darsan in standing posture holding Trisul in the right hand and severed head it the other. The walls of the sanctum are carved with the figures of rats. Shock overwhelms the visitors at the sight of rats moving freely. The temple , is a haven for rats and it is said that they cane the souls of the future Charans the community of bards of this region and hence considered very sacred.

It has a long legend. According to it,  Karni Devi is an incarnation of goddess Durga She was born in a family of Charan-a community of bards regarded as mystics due to possessing certain uncommon traits and rare powers right from birth. She performed numerous miracles. Once it appeared, a couple approached her to revive their dead son. Moved by their pathetic wails she met Yama, the God of death in a trance and implored him to return the boy's soul. As the soul had been reincarnated already. Yama could not oblige. She then ordained that the souls of the Charan clan would reside in rats until reincarnation in the Charan clan alone takes place. It is running its course. 

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