Karni Mata Temple
The temple of Karni Mata at Deshnoke, 30 km south of Bikaner, known for the holy rats that live in it.
Dadhimati Mata Temple is dedicated to the goddess Dadhimati and stands between the villages of Goth and Manglod in the Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district, Rajasthan. An inscription found at the site shows that the temple existed at least as early as 608 CE, which makes it one of the older surviving temples of the region. A large fair is held here twice a year, during the Navratri of the month of Chaitra and that of Ashwin.
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Jayal, Rajasthan
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The temple of Karni Mata at Deshnoke, 30 km south of Bikaner, known for the holy rats that live in it.
A 10th-century Shiva temple on a mountaintop near Sikar in Rajasthan, dated by an inscription of 973 CE.
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