The souls of Karni Mata's devotees are meant to reside in rats, so they're considered holy. They're all over the place and so there's a fair chance that a rat or two to scamper over you. This will bring you luck. To earn yourself even more luck, keep your eyes peeled for a white rat. These rodents are supposed to be future incarnations of mystics or Sadhus.

The temple has huge silver gates and a marble door both donated by the Maharaja Ganga Singh. The temple has a beautiful silver door and a wire mesh over the courtyard to protect the rats from birds. An image of Karni Mata holding a trishul (trident), surrounded by rats can be seen in the temple. The rats are called kabas and if you injure a rat in the temple, you are expected to present a gold or silver replica to the temple or suffer misfortune. The rats eat from huge metal bowls filled with milk, sweets, and grains donated by devotees. It is considered auspicious to see a white kaba near the image of Karni Mata. Inside the shrine, a 75 cms. image of Karni Mata adorned with a mukut (tiara) and a garland is installed. Her image is accompanied by the images of her sisters and the sisters of Avad Mata.

(full image) Tanya and Rushabh wont go in	(full image) Sheila and Mike brave the rat temple
(full image) Interesting detailing	(full image) Rats playing with people shoes
(full image) Birds hanging out on the roof	(full image) Feeding Rats
(full image) Hundreds of rats	(full image) Close up of some rats
(full image) Mike sitting next to the rats	(full image) One rat heads towards Mike