The Ghosts Of Kuldhara
We were staying at Kuldhara Heritage Resort and were enchanted with sand dunes, quite desert and yellow sand. Our young couple friends, Nilash and Geeta were experiencing the romance of desert village with traditional folk music and dance.
Kuldhara Heritage Resort was only 11 Kms from Jaisalmer city and spread over an area of 15 acres. The Resort was just 5 km's from KULDHARA VILLAGE and gave a picture of a typical desert village with "DHANIS" (Mud house) of local villagers and craftsman. Though others enjoyed, somehow, due to reasons unknown, I felt an eerie silence...of the THAR desert surrounding us.
The sun was setting but as the excitement was running high, we decided to visit Kuldhara.
As we entered insidewe saw an entire village--empty with broken walls and bricks strewn all around. A self-sufficient village with a deep well, a few temple like structures and houses. The dusty little village had long narrow lanes crisscrossing everywhere -don't know whether it was the heightened senses but one could really feel strange faces peeking from behind the walls. By the time we completed tour of the village
The night had crept in. The wind in the desert howled, a sandstorm enveloped us with haunted sounds.
We were sitting in the middle of a near empty camp with ultramodern tents. A fluttering bonfire lit up the pitch dark sky and traditional singers were singing in the romantic reflection of the yellow light. As the music drifts away and the we got restless, our guide started narrating One of the most bizarre stories...
Residents of Kuldhara near Jaisalmer vanished into the night!
It started with an existing proof of the power of spirits by the villagers of Kuldhara in 1825. The notorious king of Jaisalmer happened to lay his eyes on A beautiful girl of locals and wanted to take her as his wife. The king was famous for his debauchery and some loyal friend tipped the chieftain about his mal-intentions. The entire village of Kuldhara anong with inhabitants of nearby 83 villages evacuated bag and baggage in one night and all that remained was an empty village without a single soul. As the locals (Paliwal Brahmins) left, they cursed death upon anyone who ever came to live in that village. Over the years, a few skeletons had been discovered in the village.
Then we heard it! There was a cry, a female, perhaps. Tommy Singh with few others quickly headed towards it. Rest of us waited, holding our breath. Soon they returned. There was nothing.
Later we had a quite dinner back at a our resort.
Videos on Kuldhara investigations by "AAJTAK" (Narration in Hindi)
"Kuldhara is one of the places in India where Indian Paranormal Society has registered a significant Paranormal existence. GRIP (Ghost Research & Investigators of Paranormal) Team of Indian Paranormal Society under the lead of Gaurav Tiwari, investigated Kuldhara Ruins with Aaj-Tak Principal Correspondent Mr. Ahmad Azeem in January 2011."
Part1 and Part2
References:
The Kuldhara Heritage Resort