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Re: Rat Goddess?
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uknet.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: Rat Goddess?
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From: mohammed <dhillon_bs@wlihe.ac.uk>
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Date: 2 Apr 1996 16:26:19 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Brunel University
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References: <4jqs8n$gbo@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 22:01:22 -0500 (EST)
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Resent-From: SRH Editor <srh@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu>
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Resent-Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960402220122.13576D@rbhatnagar>
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Resent-To: Ajay Shah <ajay>
John Chunko <jdc14@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
>I'm trying to confirm the existence thereof and/or find any and all
>information that might be available concerning a manifestation of one of
>the Hindu gods in the form of a rat or a particular god's associations
>with rats. I've heard of a temple somewhere in India where a 'rat
>goddess' is worshiped, any idea? Thanks a lot!
>
> John Chunko.
The rat goddess called karna devi is worshipped at a temple of the same
name at a town called Deshnoke in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan. here
the people bring food for the rats and then eat the leftovers.
pretty unhygenic I think
Bikramjit Singh Dhillon
