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The ruins of a medieval citadel believed to be haunted by a ministry of wish-granting djinns.
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HAUNTED PLACES IN INDIA I picked up the subject of my interest, that forced me toツ search and know more about the most haunted places really(!) in India. ツ Some places are truly declared as haunted by the Govt. though ツ with doubts andツ no real evidences but only with the incidents of the past. - RD Amidst the never ending debate of whether or not there areツ things paranormal that exist alongside us; there is no denyingツ the fact that there are people who have had spooky experiences.ツ But ghosts and apparitions do not exist everywhere, that's why mostツ of us do not encounter them. But there are places deemed haunted,ツ which are believed to be the home of these restless souls, someツ malicious, some indifferent. In India there is a whole city which isツ haunted, forget about ancient castles and old British bunglows.ツ Here's is a list of 20 places which have been declaredツ eerie and creepy by experts. 1. Dumas Beach, Gujarat It was a burning ghat at one point of time and even now strange criesツ and whispers can be heard by morning walkers and tourists.ツ 2. Agrasen ki Baoli Located in Delhi, this 14th century baoli was constructed by Maharja Agrasen.ツ Now completely dry, it is once said to have been filled with black water whichツ asked the people to commit suicide. The water is believed to have hadツ hypnotized people and drove them to death! 3. Jamali-Kamali Masjid,ツ ツ Delhi Located in the Mehrauli Archaeological Complex, Jamali- Kamali Masjid isツ believed to be an abode of djinns. Jamali and Kamali were sixteenth centuryツ Sufi saints who were buried in the tomb. People also complain of nightmares ツ and strange experiences post a visit to this place. 4. Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai If rumour is to be believed, it is said that the architect, who designed the ツ hotel, killed himself in the building as the design for the place did not goツ according to the plan. Many have witnessed his ghostツ still wandering in the corridor! 5. The Lambi Dehar mines, Mussoorie Located on the outskirts of Mussoorie these quarry mines, ツ now deserted have a sad history.ツ In the early 1990s in an unfortunate ツ event 50,000 workers died here. The houses are abandoned and ツ the entire area has a very scary feel. 6. Grand Paradi Towers, Mumbai It is said to be the most famous haunted building in Mumbai. Becauseツ it was the site of several suicides and deaths, it is believed by ツ the management to be haunted. 7. D'Souza Chawl of Mahim, Mumbai A well in the D`souza Chawl area of Mumbai, Mahim has acquired theツ reputation of being haunted. It is said that a woman, while getting water, ツ fell to her death in the well. She is said to be harmless. 8. Tunnel no 33, Shimla Hundreds of horror stories have been associated with Shimla and ツ it is said to have several haunted spots. Tunnel no.33 is one such placeツ which is said to be the abode of the ghost of British Railway Engineer,ツ Colonel Barog. But he is said to be a friendly ghost. 9. Lothian Cemetery, Delhi Lothian cemetery is 200 years old and is known for paranormalツ activities. Was it because of the mass burial here post 1857 revolt?ツ ツ It is also haunted by the headless ghost of a British soldierツ Sir Nicholas who gave up his life for his one sided, ツ unfulfilled love with an Indian woman. 10. Shaniwarwada Fort, Pune The fort is haunted by the ghost of aツ young prince who wasツ brutally killed when he was 13 year old. His ghost can be heardツ shrieking in the middle of the night and isツ most active on full moon days. 11. Svoy Hotel, Mussoorie ツ We are aware of Mussoorie's link with ghosts,ツ thanks to the stories of Ruskin Bond. Loved by the British for ツ its climate, the city has a rich history of eerie experiences andツ haunted locations. Svoy Hotel is one such place here. As the story goes, ツ in 1910, a woman named Garnet died under mysterious circumstances.ツ The hotel is haunted by her ghost. She is said to be lookingツ for the person who poisoned her! 12. Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) An ambitious film city which has everything in the world that aツ filmmaker will aspire to have, this city also has a dirty secret. It was ツ built on a land where a cruel battle was fought. Thousands are ツ believed to have perished here. Although the management ensuresツ the stories do not go out, the place is famous for strange incidents. ツ The lights fall down on their own, clothes tear on their own, etc. 13. Raj Kiran Hotel, Mumbaiツ A room in the ground floor of this hotel is said to be the centre ofツ paranormal activities. Those who stay in this room are forcedツ to wake in the middle of the night and when they wake up theyツ see bright blue light on their feet. Some people even feel thatツ someone in the room is pulling their bed sheet. 14. GP block - Meerut Some people say that GP block of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is ツ a haunted place. A house here is said to be the abode ofツ the ghosts of several young boys and girls. 15. Malcha Mahal, Delhi Begum Wilayat Mahal, the great granddaughter of Nawab of Oudh ツ was given this place along with her children Prince Riaz and Princess ツ Sakina by the Government after her long protest for the return of herツ properties spread across the country.ツ Wilayat Mahal committed suicide ツ and her children have lived here ever since with their hounds, with ツ no connection to the outside world. Initially they spoke to the reporters, ツ but now they are completely on their own. Located deep inside ツ the forest, the palace is awfully scary. 16. Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Built by Firoz Shah Tughluq, this place is beautiful as well has ツ mysterious. It is said to be the abode of dijins and is visited by ツ fairies! Numerous suicides have taken place here and althoughツ the authorities deny it, most buildings around are built facing the other way! 17. Dow Hill, Kursiang (West Bengal) The dense forest of this hill has witnessed several deaths ツ and may be this is the reason why people are scared to their ツ bones while crossing this area. Strange voices and ツ apparitions have been seen by people. 18. Delhi Cantt The most popular story here is that a lady in white asks for ツ lift from the passers by. And if you don't stop your vehicle,ツ she starts running with same speed and sometimes sticksツ to the boot of the car or jumps over it, leading to accidents20. 19. Brij Raj Bhavan Palace in Kota, Rajasthan Brij Raj Bhavan Palace has a resident ghost named Major Burton ツ who was murdered along with his two sons by Indian sepoys during ツ the 1857 Mutiny. The ghost of Major Burton does not harm anybody. 20. Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan Bangarh stands first in the list of haunted places in India. ツ Bhangarh,ツ is a deserted town in Rajasthan which wasツ established in 1613 by King Madho Singh, son Raja Man Singh ofツ Amber. Bhangarh was abandoned soon after being built andツ supposedly after it was cursed by a magician.ツ In ignorance Ajab Singh, ツ the grandson of Madho Singh, raised the palace to such a height thatツ the shadow reached the forbidden place. Hence the entire town of ツ Bhangarh was destroyed. Local say that whenever a house is ツ built there its roof collapses. People say that nobody returned whoツ stayed there after dark. 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Feroz Shah was the third of the Tughluq rulers reigning from 1351 to 1388. His citadel stood until 1398 when Timur (or Tamburlaine) sacked what was then the fifth incarnation of the city of Delhi. The citadel stands next to the cricket ground of the same name and is entered through a main gate on its western side flanked by two large bastions. Most of the stonework was removed in the 17th Century for the construction of Shahjahanabad although the foundation works remain as a layout particularly in the gatehouse and barrack areas inside the main gate. The citadel is said to have included palaces, pillared halls, mosques, a pigeon tower and a baoli (stepped well) although most of the site is now in ruins. There had been some considerable progress in preserving the site between my visits in 2001 and 2004, not least to the outer walls to help preserve the integrity of the site. Although reputedly a weak ruler Feroz Shah was known as a great builder, intellectual and “antique” collector who encouraged a great deal of translation work of Sanskrit texts into Arabic and Persian. In typical Mughal style the grounds include a large walled garden area that was undergoing a lot of work in 2004 to improve the site. The main palace that remains is built pyramid style in three tiers with an Ashoka pillar placed on top. Feroz acquired two Ashoka pillars (carved between 273 and 236 BC) at Meerut and Topla that were floated down the Yumana to Delhi. One he placed on the North Ridge above the City while the other tops his pyramid style palace at his citadel. The Ashoka pillar sits on top and is thought to have been surrounded by ornamental friezes with a stone balustrade around it. It also reputedly had a canopy of gilded copper. Only some very small segments of the balustrade remain. This is the Topla pillar and in addition to the Ashoka edicts it records the 12th Century conquests of the Chauhan Prince Visala Deva. Despite all his other translation works the Ashoka edicts could not be translated by Feroz’s scholars and so he is reputed to have been told that they were magical charms used in ancient religious rituals. The mosque was built in 1354 and was the largest of a total of seven mosques that were built in Delhi during Feroz Shah’s reign. The entrance is on the northern side as the wall at the Eastern end of the courtyard was next to the Yumana when it was built. The rear of the West wall is the only one now standing and in a poor state of repair. It is said that the courtyard had a sunken octagonal feature in the centre in the walls of which was carved a record of Feroz Shah’s public works. The mosque is thought to have been visited by Timur in 1398 and he took a number of the artisans with him to build a mosque on the same pattern at Samarkand. The baoli (stepped well) is the other remaining building although in poor condition and is fenced off for safety reasons. Fortunately the gates are not very secure and it was interesting to see that it still had (very unhealthy looking) water inside. Feroz Shah Kotla photo collection: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bt92hsylfiqs7dg/AACSLy_s6nr7CyDutLvw9I0Ta?dl=0 More on the Feroz Shah Kotla: http://www.indiasite.com/delhi/places/ferozeshahkotla.html The site of Tughluqabad (the third city of Delhi) is on a rocky outcrop to improve its defences and has a perimeter of approximately 6.5q km on an octagonal pattern. The walls are rubble built and pierced by loopholes and it is crowned with stone battlements. There are thirteen outer gates that are all very small and protected by large bastions and just three inner gates to the citadel. The fort is in ruins with excavations still going on but it is easy to see the stone block over rubble, over earthwork wall construction. Curiously the wall slope inwards at an angle of approx 25 degrees. Entering from the south the citadel lies to the right with the palace buildings to the left with the town beyond in a grid pattern. There was very little left of the Palace building on my visits in 2001 and 2004. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq was the first of the Tughluq dynasty ruling from 1320 to 1325 before being murdered by his son Muhammad. In marked contrast to my visit in 2001 by 2004 there was extensive renovation work under way on the palace area. The Citadel is extensively ruined with the exception being the underground market, a stagnant and very smelly (but also very large) well, and a modest mosque that stood in the harem quarter. The underground market could be entered although it didn’t appear very safe with rubble having fallen into the space below ground and access by the steps being a little awkward. The central passageway was in decent condition with the recesses for lamps clearly spaced out. The “shops” are arranged on each side and many of them are however now “caving in”, although on my visit in 2001 I was more concerned about how many times I disturbed the bats who were in residence! The Zenana (or harem) mosque is very small but remains in place with a small courtyard to its front. Tughluq’s tomb stands to the south across a causeway that ran across the reservoir, although dry today it is separated from Tughluqabad by the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road. The mausoleum is in a pentagonal enclosure in the style of a small fortress complete with battlements and bastions. The entrance is via a large red sandstone gatehouse at the head of a large flight of steps from the causeway. The mausoleum is a large square red sandstone structure of sloping walls topped by battlements and a large marble dome. There are three graves in the main tomb chamber, being Tughluq, his main wife and his son and successor Muhammad (who reigned from 1325 to 1351). In the lower level of one of the bastions is the tomb of Zafar Khan and this is thought to have been the first construction on the site prior to Tughluq deciding to also build his tomb here. Tughluqabad photo collection: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jicm29nijes1f5k/AAAOTEl3S4x5XoFZU3uAGo2_a?dl=0 More on Tughluqabad: http://www.indiasite.com/delhi/places/tughlaqabadfort.html More on the Tuqhluq tomb: http://www.indiasite.com/delhi/places/tombofghiyasuddin.html
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In a chamber under the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque. The ruins of Firozabad, the fifth city of Delhi, stand tucked away next to a giant cricket stadium, just south of the former line of the walls of Old Delhi. It's not on most visitors itineraries, and even people I've know who have been living in Delhi for quite some time haven't gone there. The reason for this is, I think, relatively simple: Firozabad, otherwise known as Firoz Shah Kotla, is not pretty. Rather, it's scary, immensely atmospheric, and is generally considered one of Delhi's primary centers of supernatural activity....It's not for the faint of heart. Visiting the ruins on a Thursday afternoon, when people come from the surrounding area to petition disembodied spirits for favours and forgiveness in dark, dungeon-like chambers in the sad remnants of a once grand, but now almost totally destroyed, 700 year old city, is one of the most intense experiences that Delhi, a city that is nothing if not replete with intense experiences, has to offer. Firozabad was built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the third ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, in the middle of the 14th century. Firoz Shah was successor to Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, under whom the Delhi Sultanate reached its widest extent. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq's reign was, however, marred by ill-advised monetary experiments and a disastrous attempt to shift the entire population of Delhi to the city of Daulatabad in present day Maharashtra. His reign ended with much of the Tughlaq empire in revolt. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq's successor is therefore remembered more as a ruler who brought stability to a troubled empire than as a great conqueror. Certainly, the succession from Muhammad Bin Tughlaq to Firoz Shah was the least bloody during the Tughlaq period. His policy towards the breakaway provinces of the empire was to allow them to go their separate ways, while at the same time consolidating what territory he had left. In this, he was successful, though his record is blemished somewhat by his persecutions of Hindus. His reign was characterized by far fewer major military campaigns than was the norm, and the majority of these were failures. Still, he successfully held back the threat of the Mongols, and is generally agreed to have brought about a time of relative peace and prosperity in Delhi. He was also one of Delhi's great builders, perhaps his most notable contribution to the architectural landscape of the city being the top two tiers of the Qutb Minar, the original top of the great minaret having been damaged previously. He also built an entirely new city of Delhi, called Firozabad, next to what was then the shores of the Yamuna, but is now the smog-choked Ring Road. Now, at one time, Firozabad was evidently a sight to behold. Not long after Firoz Shah's death, it was visited by the great Mongol conqueror Tamerlane, who, even while he was extinguishing the Tughlaq Dynasty for good and killing the majority of the population of Delhi, found it sufficiently remarkable to order the construction of a similar mosque in Samarkand. But the city later fell on hard times. As newer incarnations of Delhi sprang up in subsequent centuries, Firozabad was plundered for building material. Many of the structures inside the city were torn down, the rubble from the ruined buildings then being incorporated into newer constructions. The result, after six centuries or so of this, is not pretty. Firozabad really is totally ruined, and looks like it should be occupied by spirits....which, according to many, it is. Starting sometime in the 1970s, a rumor started to spread that the ruins were the abode of djinns. In Islamic mythology, djinns are said to be beings that Allah made out of smoke before he made human beings. They're not ghosts exactly, nor are they evil, though they're powerful and you want to try and avoid making enemies out of them. After Firozabad became rumored to be the home of djinns, people from near and far began to come to the ruined city to write letters and give offerings to the spirits in order to obtain their blessings and their forgiveness. Now, on a Thursday afternoon, the complex, which is usually largely empty, is full of people seeking to gain the favour of the djinns. I went to Firozabad twice. The first time it was in the morning and I had virtually the whole complex to myself and could wander at will. The second time I went on a Thursday afternoon with my girlfriend Aneesha, and that proved to be much more of an experience, though with so many people there it wasn't possible to wander around the ruins quite so much...though the lighting was much better...Anyway, the photos below are from both trips. Walking up to the front gate of the ruined city. Firozabad is just south of Old Delhi, and is somewhat set back from Bahadur Shah Zafar Road. Right next to it is a giant cricket stadium, also titled Firoz Shah Kotla (which means Firoz Shah's citadel). Both names for the ruins, Firoz Shah Kotla and Firozabad, are rather confusing. More people have heard of the Firoz Shah Kotla cricket ground than the ruins, while Firozabad is the name of a number of other cities elsewhere in India. The ruins of the city. Ruins and Kites on a Thursday afternoon. When people give their offerings to the Djinns, they frequently include bits of edible stuff, which draws swirling hordes of hawks. Looking towards what remains of a now largely stripped away palace complex. The Firoz Shah Kotla Mosque. Like most of the buildings within the city, the majority of the mosque has been stripped away, though the qibla wall, parts of the northern wall, and the domed gateway you can see to the left, survive. There is also a network of passageways and chambers underneath the ruins which remain intact. Another view on the domed gateway. When Tamerlane visited in the late 14th century, this mosque was the largest in India. However, these days nobody knows what it looked like in its pre-ruinous state. The flat area behind the mosque was once the course of the river Yamuna. A small prayer niche in the side of the qibla wall stuffed with holy books and various religious oddments. Though the mosque is in such a sorry state of disrepair, it's still a very active place of worship, and receives crowds in the thousands on Fridays. The djinns of Feroz Shah Kotla, in a chamber under the mosque...actually, these are people going to pray to the djinns, as viewed through the smoke of hundreds of candles. A petition to a djinn. This was on my first visit to the complex. Then, Ferozabad was to me just a place on a map south of Red Fort. I knew nothing about the city other than that it was built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. I remember walking down into the chambers under the mosque, and seeing these letters stuck to the insides of alcoves. I had no clue what was going on. I remember there being a very unsettling air about those ancient enclosed spaces inside the ruins. They certainly felt haunted, if no more so than many other Delhi ruins. These letters are sometimes appeals to the spirits for aide, and are sometimes confessions, the idea being that the djinns have the power to forgive sins. Praying to the djinns of Feroz Shah Kotla in one of the chambers under the mosque, on a Thursday. Once you've made your prayer, you're supposed to leave the room walking backwards, so as not to turn your back to the spirit, which is viewed as inauspicious. From what I've read, many orthodox Muslim clerics don't condone the practice of praying to the djinns. That being said, the practise is by no means limited only to uneducated people. Higher class, well educated Indians will sometimes seek the blessings of the djinns. One of the chambers under the mosque, not on a thursday...many of the offerings wind up lying around rotting on the ground. Feroz Shah Kotla circular step-well, in a different part of the complex. That water had big cat fish swimming around in it. Apparently it was technically closed due to incidents of people committing suicide there. However, that woman you can see at the top of the picture let me in anyway, for a tiny tip. Looking up at a creepy circular stairway inside the step-well. Ruins and an Ashokan pillar, on a busy Thursday. The ruin is simply referred to as the "Pyramidal Structure," which indicates that the Archeological Survey of India doesn't know what function it used to serve. The building has been declared off limits, again, in the interest of public safety...you can see here how well that works. An arch and a beam of light inside the "Pyramidal Structure." Firoz Shah Kotla Ashokan pillar. The pillar dates from the 3rd century BC. It was made at the behest of the first truly pan-Indian ruler, and one of the most important figures in the spread of Buddhism, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka. The inscription is in an early Indian script called Pali, and is a list of Ashoka's edicts on such subjects as good governance and the proper treatment of animals. Firoz Shah Tughlaq apparently stumbled on it while he was out campaigning, and then, using the forced labour of an entire district, had the 27 ton pillar dragged to Delhi and placed atop the "Pyramidal Structure." You can see here that the top has fallen off. I've run across different accounts as to why this happened. One said that the top fell off while they were hoisting it up into its current position. Another stated that the pillar was damaged during the Sepoy Rebellion. An Archeological Survey of India pamphlet claimed that the Firoz Shah put a gold capitol on top of the pillar, which was subsequently robbed....I have no idea which story is true. I admit, I never actually saw a djinn there, though if formless ancient beings made from smoke before the coming of man were going to exist at all, Ferozibad is definitely where they would live.
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