Ghost towns are always tourists’ favorite genre. One of the famous villages is ‘Kuldhara’ in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Its unique yet intriguing mystery story keeps tourists coming from all over the world.
India has the oldest history in the world. It has seen thousands of cultures, emperors, and legacies for centuries. It left the country with hundreds of mysteries and interesting stories in its air. There is the reason where India is one of the most visiting country, that is exploring its colors and stories. One of the story that we will discuss today is of Ghost town Kuldhara.
Situated around 18 km south-west of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, Kuldhara is an abandoned village since the early 19th century. According to a popularly held notion, the village is now inhabited by ghosts.
Kuldhara has a story. Some 300 years ago, it used to be a prosperous village of Paliwal Brahmins under the state of Jaisalmer. According to the legend, the evil eyes of Salim Singh, the powerful and debauched prime minister of the state, fell on the daughter of the village head and he desired to marry her by force. He threatened the village with grave consequences if they did not adhere to his wish.
Instead of submitting to the order of the tyrant. The Paliwals held a council and people of 85 villages left their ancestral homes and vanished. But this was not all; before leaving, they put a curse on Kuldhara that no one will ever be able to settle in their village thereafter. To this date, the village remains barren; left almost the same as its inhabitants had left it centuries ago. It is also said that people who have tried to stay there at night. But they have been chased away by strange paranormal phenomena.
Logic of disappearance
Another more plausible reason can be that Salim Singh raised the taxes to such an extent that it became unviable for the local community to survive in the village, and they thus decided to migrate to greener pastures. However, people love the former story; after all, who doesn’t want a tinge of romance and mystery in their tales?
The best time to visit Kuldhara is between October and March when the weather is pleasant in Rajasthan, one of the warmest Indian states. Tourists can go sightseeing in various places of interest without being exhausted. As a visitor to the abandoned village, one is bound to feel curious about its past, about how the villagers disappeared without a trace and that too, without drawing any attention to their evacuation and more importantly, what happened to them.
