Bhangarh - The Haunted ruined town

There are places in this world and then there are really weird and fascinating places in this world. One of them is a ruined town in India in the state of Rajasthan, which has baffled historians and people alike and is a good place for ghost hunters to explore.

So the location for this place is in the Rajgarh Municipality in the Alwar District within the state of Rajasthan in India. The closest famous city to it is Jaipur and is accessible by a number of roads.

This place is really cool, for people from all walks of life. It is in fact filled with beautifully carved temples, havelis and the main palace of Madho Singh, the younger brother of Man Singh, who was a General in Akbar's army. The decline of Bhangarh started when Madho Singh's son Chattr Singh took over the reins.

So why is this place haunted? There are two legends behind it.

One - The town was blessed by a Guru named Balu Nath, but only on one condition that the palace of the king should not cast a shadow on his Holy Retreat, the moment it does, his curse will materialize and the town will no longer be habitable. Well people say, Chattr Singh, son of Madho Singh, didn't pay any heed to the Guru's advice and the day the palace cast a shadow on the Guru's retreat, the town started declining. So till date the curse haunts the town.

Two - The second myth, which actually doesn't sound convincing to me(if Myths were convincing, they would be called as Myths), is that a Tantrik was in love with the princess of Bhangarh, and he tried to lure her with black magic by giving her enchanted oil. But the princess knew this beforehand so she poured the oil on the ground, it turned into a boulder, that boulder in turn crushed the tantrik, before dying he cursed the town and soon after that the princess also died and the town perished.

Now the funniest part is that the Archaeological Survey of India also considers this to be a haunted place and they believe there are ghosts inside the ruins, that is the reason why they have put up a notice saying that it is prohibited to be inside Bhangarh from Sunset to Sunrise. Unbelievable. Please look at the picture below.

The Stone inscription clearly warns about the prohibition.

I am not sure how much of this is true and why ASI also has an office 1 KM away from the actual site, but then something is really fascinating about this place and I really want to explore this once in my life, and see if there is really something fishy about this place.

Check out the 360 degree panoramic view of the Bhangarh site at the link below. http://www.360cities.net/image/bhangarh-the-most-haunted-place-in-india#98.60,8.10,70.0