The Karni Mata Rat Temple
By Tony on May 4, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Video has finally made it to ContemporaryNomad.com! Our video premier had to be good, so we headed down to the famous Karni Mata rat temple in Deshnoke, a village an hour south of Bikaner.
It was a rather bizarre experience as you can see by the expressions on our faces. Notice the mother urging her child to touch the rats for luck – yikes! And don’t miss the white rat; seeing it will bring you good luck.
Topics: India, Video | 11 Comments »
May 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I utter in disbelief, “WHY?”
May 5th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Why? Because.
Actually, I saw this temple on “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” in the late 70s / early 80s and I knew that one day I would have to go.
It was freaky and fun.
Comically, the inner sanctum was filled with rats, but foreigners were not allowed in!!! However, they did tolerate our peaking through the door. How’s that for insulting… rats yes, foreigners no
May 6th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Ihr wisst schon, dass Ratten die Pest übertragen können, oder??
Das Video ist Klasse, es ist schön, Euch mal wieder zu sehen, sozusagen…
May 7th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Great to see some video, and what a choice! Yikes. I can’t believe that Thomas let one nibble on his toe and that you actually gave away a banana.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:26 am
I have to admit, it was a difficult choice. I even stopped short of eating the left-over bananas off the ground
May 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I just viewed this, and love it! hee hee. Wildlife of the city! Is there a temple of the sacred cockroach?
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
[..YouTube..] For those who would possibly start poking fun at Hinduism based on this, I would just like to say, an ability to venerate life even in the form of vermin shows a great spiritual reverence for nature and life in all things that no other culture has been able to. Humanity needs this if we are to preserve our planet home and the endangered species and habitats of it
April 20th, 2009 at 12:09 am
[..YouTube..] AAAAAAAAGHHHHHH, yUCK YUCK DUUUDE! WTF??????
January 11th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
[..YouTube..] how do you worship and respect to much to SMELLY and DIRTY rats, rats have got many disseases, Oh my god it seems and now I confirm the following” INGORANCE IS THE MOTHER OF POLYTHEISM”
DISGUSTINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG YUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
These rats remind me about the politicians of many countries lol
July 15th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
[..YouTube..] @cesaryusuf They dont worship them, they beleive that their loved ones were reincarnated by them, thats why they feed them and have a temple for them
August 14th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
[..YouTube..] Rat are the best pets. Fuck dogs i kill them.