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Deshnoke is home to the famous Karni Mata temple.

Here, rats were considered sacred and could be found everywhere.

Dishes of water and milk were set out for the small scurrying animals.

Karni Mata (an incarnation of the goddess Durga) was said to have reincarnated
children who died in a terrible plague into these lively little rodents.

Ganesh, the Hindu god of wisdom depicted with an elephant head, is often
accompanied by a rat.