ACCORDING TO THE FOLKLORE SHRI KARNI-MATA ONCE RESTORED A DEAD CHILD OF HER DEVOTEE BACK TO LIFE FROM YAMA. (THE GOD OF DEATH) THEN MATA ANNOUNCED THAT NO ONE FROM HER TRIBE WOULD FALL INTO YAMA’S HAND AGAIN. INSTEAD, WHEN THEY DIED ALL OF THEM WOULD TEMPORARILY INHABIT THE BODY OF A RAT (KABA), BEFORE BEING REBORN INTO THE TRIBE. A NORMAL HUMAN BEING WILL BE ABSOLUTELY SCARED OVER THE THOUGHT OF THE NUMBER OF RATS (THEY LOOK LIKE A RAT, BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE NOT RATS) THAT EXIST BUT THE OUTSTANDING FACT IS THAT THESE KABA’S ARE HARMLESS AND PLAY AROUND IN THE TEMPLE WITHOUT DISTURBING THE DEVOTEES, RATHER THEY SIT ON THEIR LAPS, SHOULDERS, HEAD, HANDS WHICH THE DEVOTEES THINK TO BE THE DIVINE SPIRIT AND BLESSINGS OF THE GODDESS.
ONE WOULD SURELY WONDER WHEN HE WILL COME TO KNOW THE FACT THAT
WHEN THE KILLER DISEASE PLAGUE SPREAD OUT IN SURAT (GUJRAT) IN MID 90′S PEOPLE FROM SURAT AND OTHER AFFECTED AREAS WENT TO THE TEMPLE TO TAKE THE MILK AND WATER DRUNK BY THESE RATS AS MEDICINES TO GET THEMSELVES CURED.
THE BEAUTY ABOUT THESE KABA’S IS THAT, DESPITE BEING INNUMERABLE IN NUMBER, THEY NEVER COME OUT OF THE TEMPLE BOUNDARIES. MOREOVER WITH THE BLESSINGS OF SHRI KARNIMATA THEY GET THEIR FOOD, SHELTER, LODGING AND THEIR LIFE CYCLE CONTINUES INSIDE THE TEMPLE ITSELF.
THE MIRACULOUS FACT IS THAT NO DISEASES RELATED TO RATS HAVE BEEN FOUND TILL DATE. NIETHER THE TEMPLE STINGS OF FOUL SMELLS NOR IT IS DIRTY ANYWHERE. INFACT EVEN THE OFFERINGS LIKE MILK, SWEET, CEREALS, WATER AND GROUNDNUTS ARE FIRST OFFERED TO THESE HOLY KABA’S AND THEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DEVOTEES, WHICH IS CONSUMED BY THEM AS A HOLY PRASAD. ESPECIALLY, THE WATER WHICH THESE KABA’S DRINK IS CONSIDERED VERY HOLY AND AUSPICIOUS.
THERE HAS BEEN NO TRACE OF HOW THESE KABA’S ARE REPRODUCED, INFACT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE RATS HAVE THEIR OWN VIP MATERNITY HOSPITAL WHICH TAKES CARE OF THEIR DELIVERY. MOREOVER THERE HAS NEVER BEING A TRACE OF BABY RATS. ALL THE KABA ARE OF A STANDARD SIZE AND WEIGHT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES DOWN THE AGES.
STRANGELY, RATS ARE USUALLY CONSIDERED AS A COWARD ANIMAL WHICH ARE SCARED OF HUMAN BEINGS. BUT HERE IN KARNIMATA’S TEMPLE UNDER HER SHELTER THESE KABA’S ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE TEMPLE, RULE THE TEMPLE LIKE A KING AND ROAR LIKE A LION AND ROAM ABOUT FREELY & COMFORTABLY.
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This is really interesting, it's such a shame that after the bubonic plagues rats become considered as disease carriers.
I live in Portugal (Europe) and i have two fancy rats (domesticated rats) that i keep as pets. They live in their cage but they are frequently in my lap or playing in my room, there is no sickness or evil in them. They're clean and tame, the best pets i ever had.
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