In Photos: PM Modi offers prayers at Karni Mata temple in Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at the Karni Mata temple in Bikaner district. (Pics/PTI and X)

Updated On: 2025-05-22 12:31 PM IST

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Inspired by temple architecture, the revamped Deshnoke station located near the Karni Mata temple is designed to serve the heavy influx of pilgrims with enhanced passenger amenities

The temple honours Karni Mata, believed to be an incarnation of the goddess Durga, and legend has it that she reincarnated her stepson and his descendants as rats

The temple is a significant pilgrimage site for devotees of Charani sagatis

According to religious beliefs, Karni Mata was born in the year 1387 into a Charan family and was named Righubai in her childhood

According to religious beliefs, she was married to Depaji Charan of the village Sathika but after becoming disillusioned with worldly life, she got her younger sister, Gulab, to marry her husband, immersing herself in a life of spiritual pursuits

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