The Gateway to the Karni Mata Rat Temple
The pink sandstone washed outer wall of the fort like Deshnoke temple complex has a large arched gate in the middle of a carved block of white stonework.
There are two large wooden panels that swing open with a smaller trap door for human beings to walk through if you do not want to open the rather large cumbersome panels. The doors are studded with metal panels and strips to strengthen the wood. There is the usual agglomeration of neatly stacked gamut of thick pointed barbs of metal to repel recalcitrant invaders who would use elephants and large wooden logs to ram the doors to gain entry. Yes it would appear that this also functioned as a fort besides being a temple.
The flooring is grey black slate or granite( of which I am not too sure ) and you get a view of the main temple complex after an open courtyard paved in square blocks of white and grey. This is a sitting area too. The sky is covered with a netting of blue and white to prevent the ingress of avian hunters for whom rats would be abundantly easy prey to feed on.
Two prominent boards display the going rates for carrying photographic equipments inside the complex. For "movie" it is Rs 50 and for the still one it is Rs 20/- All this adds up to the revenue of institutions who must fleece a camera wielder no end. This is still cheap compared to the Jodhpur fort where the charges are much higher.
Dates
Taken on January 12, 2013 at 10.43AM IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr July 4, 2013 at 4.27PM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D70
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 12 mm
ISO Speed 250
Exposure Bias -7/3 EV
Flash No Flash
DSC_3850 nef 100 dpi
The Gateway to the Karni Mata Rat Temple
The pink sandstone washed outer wall of the fort like Deshnoke temple complex has a large arched gate in the middle of a carved block of white stonework.
There are two large wooden panels that swing open with a smaller trap door for human beings to walk through if you do not want to open the rather large cumbersome panels. The doors are studded with metal panels and strips to strengthen the wood. There is the usual agglomeration of neatly stacked gamut of thick pointed barbs of metal to repel recalcitrant invaders who would use elephants and large wooden logs to ram the doors to gain entry. Yes it would appear that this also functioned as a fort besides being a temple.
The flooring is grey black slate or granite( of which I am not too sure ) and you get a view of the main temple complex after an open courtyard paved in square blocks of white and grey. This is a sitting area too. The sky is covered with a netting of blue and white to prevent the ingress of avian hunters for whom rats would be abundantly easy prey to feed on.
Two prominent boards display the going rates for carrying photographic equipments inside the complex. For "movie" it is Rs 50 and for the still one it is Rs 20/- All this adds up to the revenue of institutions who must fleece a camera wielder no end. This is still cheap compared to the Jodhpur fort where the charges are much higher.
Dates
Taken on January 12, 2013 at 10.43AM IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr July 4, 2013 at 4.27PM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D70
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 12 mm
ISO Speed 250
Exposure Bias -7/3 EV
Flash No Flash
DSC_3850 nef 100 dpi