Haunted Village Kuldhara
Kuldhara is an abandoned village located 18 km southwest of the city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. This state is India's largest state by land. It is believed that this village is haunted. All those who have tried to settle in this abandoned village have fallen under the grip of 'ghosts'. In 2010, Indian Paranormal Society came to Kuradhara for testing and they also spent the night in this village. They claim that they saw shadowy people moving at night. Heard some disembodied voices. It is also claimed that many spoke in a low voice. However, those who live around Kuldhara, however, have never admitted to any ghostly incident. However, many of them believe in the ancient stories surrounding this village.
According to folklore, the Paliwal Brahmins living in Kuldhara abandoned the village in the early 19th century due to the oppression of ruler Salim Singh. Allegedly, Selim's eyes fell on the village chief's daughter. He wanted to forcefully marry this girl. Salim announced that the chief's daughter must be handed over to him on a certain day and within a certain period of time, otherwise the result would not be good. Salim also warned of looting and torture in the village. Paliwal Brahmin family of 84 villages of Kuldhara province united after this announcement of Selim and they did not want to accept Selim's demand at all. However, no one wanted to face the wrath of the ruler. As a result, they made a decision.
One night they took the chief's daughter with them and left the village avoiding the ruler's eyes. Those villagers, in the condition there were in, leaves the village in that condition. All together in one night it was as if they went to Ube like Kappur. Where so many people went, it is never known. History finds no further trace of these Paliwal Brahmins in Kuldhara. It is said that the villagers cursed the tyrant Salim and the entire village before leaving the village in despair. Because of their curse no one else could ever live in that village. Since then the village has got the name of 'haunted'.
However, historians and researchers say that severe water crisis could be one of the main reasons why the village of Kuldhara at the heart of the Thar desert was emptied in the 19th century. Village wells and reservoirs gradually dried up. So no one else could live in the village. Statistics say that the population of Kuldhara was 1588 in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. In 1815 it decreased to 800. In 1890, there were only 37 villagers in Kuldhara. Gradually they also left the village. History does not tell of the disappearance of all leaving the village at once on a particular night.
According to a report published in 'Current Science' in 2017, one of the reasons for the disappearance of villagers leaving Kuldhara is probably the earthquake. Kuldhara's house is in the condition it is now, that damage is not possible in the normal course of nature. Some of the researchers claimed that the houses collapsed due to the big shock caused by the earthquake. But the name of the tyrant Salim Singh definitely comes up as one of the reasons why Kuldhara is empty. He imposed many taxes on the Paliwal Brahmins. As a result, no one could live in this village.
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