Yvon's Fotothing

A detAlthough the rat-temple has become quite famous as a tourist sight, this is a serious, working religious building, equivalent to the sort of Christian chapel which is both a working church and a site of architectural interest, and as such should be approached with respect. Every morning Charan priests perform the Mangla-Ki-Aarti service [presumably the same as mangala-arati, literally "auspicious before-night", a Hindu service performed before sunrise and usually involving chanting and the waving of lamps before the image of the deity] and make food-offerings. Newborns and newly-weds come to be blessed: the Rajputs bring their children to sit at the feet of the statue of Karni Mata on jadula, the day of their first hair-cut. ail from this temple