Photo Stories, 3rd prize
Thomas Hoepker
Stern
Stern
01 January, 1967
In the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, more than hundred thousand rats are being worshipped. They have more food than their worshippers, suffering from the famine that scourges India.
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