#rat temple

[happyworldtours]

Most of us think Rajasthan is all about ‘Pink City’ Jaipur, ‘Blue City’ Jodhpur, ‘Lake City’ Udaipur or ‘Golden City’ Jaisalmer. Bikaner does not get the spotlight as compared to the other places. But this city has its beauty. Splendid Junagarh Fort, which was constructed over a period of four centuries, the famous Karni Mata Temple (popularly known as Rat Temple), where thousands of rats are roaming all over the temple premises, or the National Research Centre for Camel where one can see every detail about a camel, one can’t simply neglect the attraction of this city. Bikaner is an underrated jewel of Rajasthan.

Places to Visit in Bikaner (Bikaner Sightseeing)

Junagarh Fort: This fort is different from the other forts in Rajasthan. You may observe that other forts are built on the top of a hill. But this majestic fort is built on ground level. It took nearly 350 years to complete. Junagarh Fort is a blend of Rajput, Gujrati, Mughal and Western architecture. The combination of red sandstone and white marble make this one stunning. Moreover, intricate stone carving enhances the gorgeousness of this fort. There are a lot of palaces inside the fort with some elegant designs.

Karan Mahal: This white marble courtyard was a public audience hall to discuss and address their problems. It is the place where the coronation of every king took place. Here one can get to see the windows designed with European tiles.

Phool Mahal: Once you step into this place, you can feel the royalty. The speciality of this part is that, from walls to doors to windows everywhere, you can see beautiful flower paintings.

Anup Mahal: It was the administrative headquarter. The golden painting work, Italian tiled ceilingswith inlaid mirrors make this place spectacular.

Ganga Mahal: This place is fascinating as some unique items are preserved here. Old war weapons, palanquin, howdah can be seen here.

An aeroplane used by British Army in the 1st world war has been conserved nicely. After the 1st world war, this plane was gifted to Maharaja Ganga Singh.

Another exciting thing that you can’t miss is the spoon. On the upper side of this spoon has a pointed attachment. As the maharajas kept long moustache, it was a problem while drinking soup. It is the reason behind the unique design of this spoon.

Karni Mata Temple: Karni Mata Temple, also known as the ‘Temple of Rats’, is 30km away from the city. This temple is the home of thousands of rats. When you walk around the temple premises, these rats will crawl over your feet. But one should be careful because if one of these rats is killed, a rat made of silver is to be given.

This temple is also renowned for its history. As per legend, Karni Mata’s son died after falling into a well. Karni Mata meditated and worshipped Lord Yamaraj and brought her son’s life back but as a mouse. Therefore, it is believed that Karni Mata’s progeny is born as rats.

If a rat passed over your feet or among these thousands of black rats, if you can find the white one, it is very auspicious for you, and you should consider yourself lucky. Another temple dedicated to Karni Mata is 2km away from this one.

National Research Centre for Camel: Have you ever imagined a place full of different breeds of camel and their life? Yes, this is the place which gives you a whole new experience. The primary objective of this centre is to research camel breeding, camel milk, types of diseases that a camel can suffer from and find a cure for those diseases. Here you can also see the process of camels being milked. In addition, there is a museum which shows different information regarding camel.

Here you can also taste raw camel milk, flavoured camel milk, camel milk kulfi, camel milk lassi, camel milk tea and coffee; This will surely give you a whole new experience.

International Camel Festival is organised here annually in the month of January. This colourful festival includes camel race, camel dance, traditional folk dance.

[backpackingspace]

Penelope: odysseus darling....I'm not judging but why are you strapping knives, money, and an emergency pack to your chest? Is something happening? Should I grab one too??

Odysseus, not explaining anything: I'm not taking any fucking chances I've learned my lesson the last time she caught me off gaurd I was 17 it's not fucking happening now when we're married. I know better

Penelope who speaks odysseus: ....lady Athena attacks you in middle of the night?

Odysseus: YES it's so rude of her

Penelope, internally: don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh: should have just been a weaver instead, then lady Athena would just show up demanding woven battle scenes and new capes.

Odysseus: incoherent screaming

Later that night

Athena: Hey hey penelope I'll give you the power to see colors you can't even imagine and the threads to go with it if you get rid of that survival bag.

Penelope, not even hesitating: deal

[b-oredzoi]

Books I Read in 2024: Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher

…people didn’t take you seriously as a warrior when you were knitting. He’d never figured out why. Making socks required four or five double-ended bone needles, and while they weren’t very large, you could probably jam one into someone’s eye if you really wanted to... And god forbid the tide rose and he went berserk. You never got the knitting untangled after that…

[palabarian]

World of the White Rat (collapses and dies) (full image undercut)

[singlecrow]

Bishop Beartongue is destabilising the economy of an entire continent.

And it's not the main plot.

It's just.

[themintman]

I beg of you more mousecraft it’s so freaking cute-

oh dont worry, I will be drawing some Mousecraft Teensy Mode content for y'all after October 😼

in the meantime, have these cutesy rodent Jurm practices (both pre and post cat tree 💥💥💥)

[sunflowertoonz]

“Maybe if ya join back now there'll be a lesser punishment."

"I'd sooner perish than bow to that monster."

I gave in to the PHIGHTING! Brain rot. Heres a Heretic Katana drawing to bullshitted. (Implied to be right after he leaves Lost Temple.)

I pulled the Katana design out if my ass. I’ll make a better one after I finish drawing Biograft

[agenericplaceholdername]

"You will never see the real world" ... "NEVER!!!"

Pro tip: If you make threats like this and don't follow though, no one will respect your villainy.

[noah-luck-easterly]

I’m only two books into T. Kingfisher’s Saint of Steel series and I think the Temple of the White Rat might be my favorite fictional religious order ever.

Their mandate seems to be just “do good,” lowercase g.

Feed the hungry. Tend the sick. House the homeless.

Temple lawyers to help with civil and criminal problems.

[adaines-furious-feast]

I think I missed it in the first watch, but the temple of Ankarna's divorce had an execution area where, rather than people's heads getting chopped off, they were pushed face first into a burning briar.

I can't express how horrifying that detail is and it seems to have been unacknowledged. What a truly horrifying way to be executed. It makes being pushed into lava seem merciful.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Can you tell us something about the white mouse? I was always curious about her poem, where he talked about a bridge and two lovers. Does she really love Sanzang?

Why did he once choose to call himself Half Guanyin? Do you think he was jealous of her?

I watched an episode of JTTW 2011 and I liked that they tried to explain that her obsession with Tripitaka was because he fed her when she was a mouse. But I know that was fiction.

For me, she is in love. But I would like to hear someone else's opinion.

Personally, I truly 100% believe she didn’t love him she wanted to have sex with him for immortality and tried to make it look like love. It looks like her goal was to be a golden immortal of Grand Monad by taking Sanzang... though her seduction static does say how she proclaimed love for him I highly doubt that she chose him because of his 'personality.' I think any kind of 'love' or 'romance' mention is more for the sake of showing how she is a picture of temptation that anyone would follow her willingly as opposed to the idea that she could rape a man to get her way.

She was able to seduce at least 6 monks in the three days they were resting at the temple and ate them as well so she might not have been too hung up about Sanzang either.

I find one interesting where she was talking more about sex with Sanzang and trying to convince him to 'unify' their 'marriage' that Sanzang gave her a red peach and took a green peach from her. Red often being seen as a form of desire, not just lust but can be, and how Sanzang is letting go of desire itself rather than being consumed by desire himself.

I found the poem you were talking about! (took me a while). I truly believe that this is more of her way of expressing her shock when Sanzang misled her under Wukong's instructions. Wukong just told Sanzang to talk her outside so he can get the upper hand and Sanzang had to play along for his own protection. We have seen this before with other antagonists, such as the Scorpion Demon and the Queen of Women's Country, where they are willing to hold Sanzang hostage but don't seem to be willing to take with without consent and therefore try to seduce him. As such it is framed as 'love' and 'romance' when really they are trying to act as if they aren't keeping him as a tool to be used. Lady Earth Flow thought she succeeded in seducing the monk when he gave her the peach but really it was a way for Wukong to get in her belly and nearly beat her to death.

Before this, she was already calling him 'husband' and thus his 'betrayal' is more of her expressing shock that her tactics didn't work. She is referencing another tragic love story to describe her own despite that there weren't any mutual feelings. It does seem she is GENUINE in that she does want Sanzang to love her but I truly don't think that her love comes from a place of genuineness but more for the sake of her selfish desires.

She is called Half Guanyin not because she is jealous but rather to show how much she wants to be an immortal and on par with the Buddha and Guanyin. She only calls herself that because she stole precious Candles from Vulture Peak showing she wants the same respect and yearning for the status of the Buddha and Guanyin.

I can say in my own opinion that she was absolutely trying to use Sanzang since she has been luring other monks and murdering them as well. I will say that I think she was fond of him, for sure, but I feel that most of the female demons were similarly fond as they did not wish to harm the monk but also didn't give him a choice in saying no. Props to her for at least trying to give him a meal he would like and treating him well that is far better than the Spider Demon or the Scorpion Demon at least.

2011 is a fantastic show because they give their characters depth, and don’t have the yaoguai just as one-dimensional villains. Most of the demons in Xiyouji are flat characters as they make their goals clear from the start and are framed in a more monster-of-the-week format with few exceptions. I think 2011 was very clever in that they took Lady Earth Flow from the novel and saw how she does value loyalty (to her family Nezha and Li Jing) and how she tries to make Sanzang comfortable (vegan food and expressing the importance of love and human desire) and is able to frame her as a more round character with her own wants and desires outside of power. She is a love-sick and slightly obsessive woman who knows that she could never have a chance with Sanzang willingly as he is devoted to his mission but can't live with herself if she doesn't even try. It takes what is already there and expands on it to make her more sympathetic without excluding her actions from the book (though I'm not sure if the show has her killing those 6 monks).

I think she was infatuated with him in the book and maybe wanted to call it love but I don't think there is any real reason to think she fell for him if he didn't have that "become an immortal if you sleep with me" pass. And only trying to get with something for something so transactional doesn't seem to be 'love' in my eyes as more she would have tried this with any monk and just so happens that Sanzang is a handsome and kind man that she also was fond of and tried to be as polite as possible in her kidnapping.

[sweetcheeksschemmenti]

Abbott Elementary Characters and Their Corresponding Muppets!

I hope this makes sense. 🫡

[backpackingspace]

Odysseus: swearing at athena vowing to make her regret dropping him in the ocean at 4am

Athena: I can't hear you over the waves sorry did you say drop me from higher up? I heard drop me from higher up

[dragonbadgerbooks]

I got to get my favorite books signed by my favorite author the other day!

[palabarian]

Three of Hearts

[onewit-torulethem-all]

Hey, is there an open Discord for fans of the Saint of Steel series and other works in the Temple of the White Rat universe? I'd be interested in joining or even making one.