The
Vanishing Village of Kuldhara: Rajasthan's Ghostly Enigma
The
History of Kuldhara
Kuldhara was one of the 84 villages of Paliwal Brahmin, who
were a wealthy and practicing community, in the then princely state of
Jaisalmer. They were expert agriculturalists and developed built models of
water management. The village continued to grow as planned streets with
beautiful houses and a good economy were there, but it was abandoned suddenly
in the year 1825 under some terrible circumstances.
The
Legend of the Curse
According to local folklore, the downfall of Kuldhara began
with the arrival of Salim Singh, a corrupt and tyrannical minister of the
Jaisalmer kingdom. Salim Singh became infatuated with the daughter of the
village chief and demanded that she marry him. When the chief refused, Salim
Singh threatened to impose unbearable taxes and destroy the village if his
demand was not met.
Perplexed with their impossible decision, they decided to
run away rather than allow Salim Singh to dominate their lives. Before leaving,
the villagers congregated at the temple within the village where they cursed
the place by saying that nobody should be able to come back there again. The
next day, they vanished into the night, and their houses, belongings, and fear
lingered on.
The next morning, when sun began to rise, Kuldhara had
vanished silently without leaving a shred of clue on the villagers'
whereabouts. No one knows where they had vanished. Some say they migrated to
other parts of Rajasthan, while others believe they disappeared into the
desert, never to be seen again. The truth about the Paliwal Brahmins never came
to light.
The
Haunting of Kuldhara
Presently, Kuldhara is identified as a ghost village. In
addition, the inhabitants of Kuldhara were supposedly killed. To date, it is
considered a haunted place and is frequented by whispers, cries in an empty
street, moving shadows of homes' ruins, and feelings of being watched even
while one is alone.
The curse of Kuldhara is said to be so strong that anyone
who tries to settle in the village or spend the night there will be met with
misfortune or driven away by supernatural forces.
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