Deshnok is in the middle of nowhere. Springing out of the desert, the tale of The Temple of Rats is what keeps this place so popular. The Karni Mata Temple, as it's really known, became a holy Muslim temple after Ms Mata herself asked Yama, god of the dead, to bring her youngest son back to life after he drowned. Yama couldn't do it, but he said he could bring him back to life as a rat along with any of her family that died in the future.
So now there are thousands and thousands of brown rats living inside the temple. Legend has it that if you see a white one you'll be granted spiritual progress. Local stalls sell sugar balls to those entering the temple so they can give them to the rats to eat. It's also thought lucky if you eat the same sugar balls with rats saliva on them.
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