Kuldhara the Mystery Unfolds

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The stories of ghosts and paranormal activities always attract attention, whether the person believes or does not believe in the ghost world, everyone wants to know the story behind them. Today, we are trying to solve the mystery of an old village situated in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan in India. Kuldhara was used for dwelling during the 13th century by Paliwal Brahmins. It was abandoned in the early 19th century. It is 18 kilometers away from Jaisalmer city. The whole village is centered around the mother goddess temple. It also has three cremation grounds. It has ruins of 410 buildings that used to be the homes of people who used to live in the area. Now the monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

History
There are several estimates that why the village was abundant. One of the possible reasons was the lack of water. The wells were dried up, also the river close to the location was dried, thus forcing the residents to move for a better option.
According to the local legend, the minister of the place named Salim Singh (or Zalim Singh) was very cruel who laid excessive taxes on the residents which lead them to move for the good.

There is also a popular story about the village and Salim Singh. It is said that he had the eye of the daughter of the village head and wanted to marry her. He also threatened the villagers that they will bear consequences if they opposed his decision. But the villagers decided to leave their homes instead of submitting. It is also believed that they cursed the village and will not be settled after the incident. Even now the village is abundant and if anyone tries to stay here overnight some paranormal force chases them away.
Many visitors suffered a feeling of sadness while visiting the place, though there is no spooky incident shared by any traveler.

Paranormal Experiences
As the village is abundant for over two centuries, there are several stories of ghosts that started prevailing relating to the ruins. While some people say that the experiences are real others claim that this is only propaganda just to attract tourists.
One of the popular stories was of popular paranormal expert Gaurav Tiwari. He arrived in the village with his 18-member team and 12 other people in 2010 to spend a night there. All of them experienced haunting voices, moving shadows, talking spirits, and other paranormal activities at the place.

Popular Culture
The site was used to film some scenes of the film “Agent Vinod.” Also, the location was selected to shoot some climax scenes of Tamil film “Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru.” The film crew arrived here in 2017 for which they raised new structures and painted the ruined walls with some Urdu words to make the location look like Taliban. Some of the walls were covered with cow dung. The filming was stopped by the Rajasthan government and producers were fined for INR 100k for defacing heritage property with a deposit of INR 300k for restoring the defaced structures.

Present Position
Now the village became an archaeological site and is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. The village temple is now renovated alongside some houses so that the tourists can get an idea that how the village used to look 200 years ago. As the number of tourists visiting the village increases the government has planned to establish some refreshing café, a launge, night-stay cottages, and shops to facilitate the travellers including a folk-dance performance area to get them entertained. So whenever you visit Rajasthan also include Kuldhara in your list to explore the past of this abundant village.

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