Undead Rats

It’s Friday the 13th, the perfect day for some images from inside the haunting Karni Mata temple (a.k.a. the Rat Temple).

Creepy as the images may be, walking inside the temple, strewn with food offerings, rotten and rotting food, rat excrement, rat blood and general filth was an experience. Even after an hour of photography, I could not get fully used to the overpowering thickness of the stench, and it took a significant time to regain any sort of appetite.

Most challenging of all, shoes are not allowed inside the temple, and the rats are not afraid of people. Having rats scurry over your feet is considered auspicious, so if that is true there are certainly some good things coming my way.

In the meantime, here are the rats.