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About Karni Mata

Karni Mata was born on October 2, 1387 in the village of Suwap in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The seventh daughter of Mehoji Charan and his wife Deval Devi, her original name was Ridhubai. According to legend, she earned the honorific name Karni at age six by miraculously curing her aunt. Mata,” a term [...]

Deshnok Karni Mata

Karni Mata (Hindi: करणी माता मंदिर)(October 2, 1387(1387-10-02)-March 23, 1538)[1] was a female Hindu sage born in the Charan caste and is worshipped as the incarnation of the goddess Durga by her followers.[1] She is an official deity of the royal family of Jodhpur and Bikaner. During her life-time she laid the foundation stone of [...]