Deshnoke is a village around the Bikaner region of Rajasthan. Its popularity lies in the 600-year-old Karni Mata Temple, where rats are worshipped. The
Goddess Karni Mata has been worshipped by the royal family and also the overall population of Bikaner.

It is also known as the Rat’s; Temple. Situated close to the Pakistan border, the Karni Mata Temple is a well known place, thronged by tourists in the Bikaner district.

Karni Mata additionally has devotees from all over. When it is Durga Navratri (Dussehra Festival), a huge number of devotees visit the temple, most of them are from Rajasthan and furthermore from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.