From a place where birds commit suicide to a fort where entry after sunset is forbidden, there is no shortage of mysterious places in India. With a rich culture, history, and millions of people who believe in the metaphysical and the paranormal, India is definitely a land of mystery.
About 200 years ago, Kuldhara was home to more than 1,500 Paliwal Brahmins, descendants of a community that had lived here for more than five centuries. However, one day, the entire population, which included residents of 85 villages, fled. Overnight.
According to folklore, the people of Kuldhara didn’t just leave the village as it is, but instead they left it with a curse, forbidding any future settlements. All that is left here today are few dilapidated buildings, an old temple, and rumours that try to explain the sudden evacuation. According to a popularly held notion, the village is now inhabited by ghosts. Once a home to rich Paliwal Brahmins, the "haunted" village was abandoned by its inhabitants because of atrocities committed by a powerful minister of Jaisalmer, Salim Singh.
