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Sep 11, 2023 · 9. Mohini – A ghost that haunts old wells and attacks couples. This female ghost is believed to haunt the old wells, coconut trees and forests of South India. It is said to be the spirit of a ...
- Kuldhara. Location: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Once upon a time, there was a well-off village near Jaisalmer. One night, it just vanished. The village of Kuldhara had 84 villages and within a night, it ceased to exist.
- Malcha Mahal. Location: Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. A 14th-century hunting lodge, Malcha Mahal was built by the Sultan of Delhi – Feroz Shah Tughlaq. Later in the 19th-century, the rulers of Oudh, Uttar Pradesh took over the mahal in New Delhi.
- Bhangarh Fort. Location: Bhangarh, Rajasthan. All the Delhi people may or may have not known about this. Ghost enthusiasts are intrigued to visit this fort situated on the outskirts of Delhi.
- Bullet Baba. Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan. One of the recent urban legend India of Jodhpur features the 350 cc Royal Enfield deity, “Bullet Baba”. According to legend, Om Banna died some 20 years ago while driving his bullet and was passing through Jodhpur.
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- Shanti Dev. Shanti Devi was born in a happy Delhi family in 1930s. However, she didn’t stay happy for long. When she was four years old, she started insisting that her mother and father were not her true parents.
- The Kongka La Pass UFO Base. The Kongka La Pass in Ladakh area is one of the least accessible places in the world. Not only is it located in the Himalayas, it is a disputed border area of India and China and has been the cause of armed conflict between the two countries in the past.
- The Bhootbilli. The Bhootbilli, or “ghost cat,” is a mysterious monster that is terrorizing certain parts of India, particularly in the area of Pune. A strange cryptid that appears to be a cross between a cat, a dog, and a mongoose, it is responsible for killing livestock and frightening the locals.
- The Immortal Beings Of The Himalayas. In many mythologies, mountains are natural homes to divine and immortal beings. As such, it’s no surprise that the world’s mightiest mountain range, the Himalayas, is subject to whisperings of mysterious beings hidden away in the valleys of the mountains.
- Afterlife: Ghost stories from Goa by Jessica Faleiro. Savio Fonseca is throwing a get-together at his house in Goa for his 75th birthday, and the entire family is invited.
- A Face in the Dark by Ruskin Bond. Ruskin Bond’s short story collection, A Face in the Dark tells us about a solitary school teacher who has an unpleasant encounter with faceless people, a ghost who stands outside a movie theatre and an author who lives with a ghost.
- Monihara by Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “Monihara”, aka “The Lost Jewels” is a haunting ghost story about duty, greed, guilt, and grief.
- Ghosts of the Silent Hills by Anita Krishnan. Anita Krishnan’s ‘Ghost of the Silent Hills’ (based on true hauntings) is one of the scariest books you will ever read.
Feb 1, 2021 · Oh, I don’t think there’s much of a line between religion and oral history or folklore, they’re all mixed up together. Just because some of the stories have been codified and written down and printed, and people call them sacred texts or mythology, doesn’t make them very qualitatively different from oral legends of local demons and ghosts.
A bhoota or bhuta ( Sanskrit: भूत, bhūta) is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. [1] Interpretations of how bhootas come into existence vary by region and community, but they are usually considered to be perturbed and ...
6. Jitiya Folklore, Nepal & East India- Jitiya is a three day festival in which mothers keep a nirjala vrat (fasting with no water) for the well-being of their children.. There are many tales about the mothers who failed to keep the fast and ate/drank things before the fasting hours en
