Haunted Places in Rajasthan part I

Bhangarh fort

Legend says that the land which where the Bhangarh fort is standing was once the home to a puissant ascentic , named Guru Balu Nath .

Madho Singh asked for his permission to construct the fort and was granted to construct the fort but under one condition , that the shadow of the fort must never fall on his home or else great tragedy will unfold .

Madho Singh ignored the warning , fortified Bhangarh fort with higher walls and as a result , the shadows fall on the home of the ascentic and in return , his curse engulfed the whole Bhangarh .

The next story is about a necromancer in the region who fell in love with the Princess of Bhangarh , named Ratnavati who was allegedly an extremely beautiful woman . So , in order to get her , he put a spell of black magic on the oil that the Princess was supposed to use for massage . But , before his dirty ploy could work , the Princess got a whiff of his trickery and threw the magic laden oil onto a huge boulder in the vicinity . The black magic worked it's way and caused the entire town of Bhangarh , struck down by grief and despondency , to slowly succumb to its utter desolation, just like him .

The next year, itself the ruler of Bhangarh faced the defeat at the hands of an enemy . His entire army was annihilated and all of the inhabitants of Bhangarh were brutality massacred . While the fate of the Princess is still a mystery , it is said that she was condemned to roam in the precinct of Bhangarh struck in a limbo . It is said that all of the people of Bhangarh fort at night ; doomed to linger in this realm , never to leave the cold environs of the place , hopeless and restless .

As per the locals , it is impossible to construct a roof on these (in the old Ajabgarh Village) houses , since as soon as one is built , it collapses , which has killed many people in the past .

At night you can hear strange noises from inside and the air gets charge with an uneasy heaviness . It is said that the spirit roam inside the closed gate at these hours (12 pm to 3 am) and the place becomes the hotbed for paranormal activity such as crying voice of women , bangles sound in the rooms , someone's talking and awful or special smell .