Night Bhangar: the curse of the forbidden city of India (10 photos)

The weirder, the more interesting. This is a simple formula that must match a truly intriguing tourist sight. And the city of Bhangar in India is completely suitable for this criterion.





This fort is very ancient, built in the 16th century. And long time it was quite a prosperous city, a trading center, center of craft, culture and religion. Until overnight in it all the inhabitants are gone. And to the damned city since then began to be afraid approach. Especially at night.



What is really wrong with this place in the state Rajasthan? The locals have a legend about this. And not alone.

According to the first chilling story cause disappearance of people was a certain influential old man - an ascetic, sage and a hermit whose name was Guru Balu Nath. which is considered to be once owned the lands where a fort was later built. Heir founder Man Singh I decided to follow all the rules and traditions and turned to the elder for permission to expand the city. He agreed, but provided that not a single shadow from new buildings. Otherwise, terrible and irreparable things will happen. The ruler agreed. AND construction began.





But an overlay occurred when, after Man Singh I, the power passed to his son. Who was unable to withstand the attack neighbors and lost Bhangar. The new ruler turned out to be sharper, linear and less flexible. He ordered to strengthen the fort and increase palace walls. A shadow fell on the house where Baloo Nath once lived. Damn It worked. And the city began to wither before our eyes: trade stopped, The inhabitants began to get sick and die. Until the fort was completely empty.



Over the years, researchers have not been able to accurately answer the the question is whether the population of the city disappeared at once, or life flowed away from Bhangar gradually. Residents of the neighborhood insist that everything happened straightaway. And the reason was some kind of terrible natural disaster that forced all residents to flee, leaving their houses, livestock, all belongings.

Another version is hunger, which also does not look very good. believable. And finally, the attack of the enemy, who exterminated everyone from young and old, turning the fort into a ghost.

Alternative legend



Another version is even less plausible than the story with authoritative elder. In accordance with it, a powerful dark magician. And he happened to fall in love with the local princess Ratnavati - a girl of amazing beauty. She also turned out to be smart, because quickly figured out an attempt to slip her under the guise of body butter love potion. The bubble was immediately slammed against a huge boulder at palace wall. The sorcerer received a return line and died, but before his death he managed to curse the city.

The darkness of Bhangar today



Of course, all sorts of stories about magicians and sorcerers are great. And in in general, usually for such mystical places. And the city became one of the most attractions beloved by fans of mysticism not only in the country, but also in the world. But the fact is that the authorities forbade tourists to hang out on streets at night.



And all because the locals tell a terrible story about a few desperate guys who decided to break the ban and get into city at night. One began to see ghostly figures and voices. And then the ghost hunter dived into the well, which a minute ago on there was no road. Friends pulled him out and took him to the hospital. But on the way got into an accident and died. And the only survivor told the world this a story asking no one to ever go to a ghost town at night.

The locals explain the anomalies by the fact that the souls of the missing the inhabitants of the city were trapped. And activated at night, trying with help the living to free themselves. Well, or at least play a dirty trick out of envy.



The authorities, in an attempt to dispel rumors about magic and mysticism, wanted send a night patrol to the city to convince the public of security and stop aggravating the situation. However, to find daredevils, ready to gobut it didn't work out. Not even the promises of a respectable rewards.



By the way, if we abstract from ghosts, then inexplicable there really are phenomena in the fort. They are only related to architecture. Repeated attempts to restore roofs on buildings to protect them from destruction proved to be a failure. After reconstruction, they are practically immediately collapsed, further worsening the condition of the houses. And here again a story with a curse emerges: the spirit of the venerable Baloo Nath of the century later continues to oppose the presence of tall buildings in the city.



The ghost town is another mystery of the planet, which has not yet been discovered. unraveled. And in 2014, based on the story, the Indians even made a film horror "Journey to Bhangar".