Posts

Showing posts from November, 2018

Bhangarh Fort: The Cursed Palace In Rajasthan

Image
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. If there was a place that was ever haunted, it would be a Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan. Located on the border of Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Aravali range, Bhangarh For t is an ancient specimen. It was believed to have been erected by Man Singh, one of the Navratnas of Akbar's court for his son Madho Singh in 1613. This 17th-century fort in the Alwar District of Rajasthan is usually connected with haunted stories. Ghost and spirits rumored are to roam in Bhangarh Fort and there are a lot of mysterious stories that have been shared by the visitants and locals of the area. Bhangarh Fort was built after getting permission from ascetic Guru Balu Nath who meditated at this place. According to common lore, the ascetic made the king swear that the fort shadows would not touch his area of meditation. But the king failed to keep up to his word. As soon as the shadows touched his place, Guru Balu Nath cursed the village to remai...

10 Haunted Places In Maharastra

Image
The mysteries of the unknown have always interested in the human mind. It’s not surprising for experts to say that India is a beautiful yet deliciously mysterious country that beholds the secrets and haunted stories. So here are the most famous haunted places you should visit once in your life: 1) D`Souza Chawl (Mumbai) A well in the D`souza Chawl area of Mumbai, Mahim has obtained the reputation of being haunted. It is said that a woman while getting a water who fell into the well and died an unwanted death. Many people pretend to have seen the ghostly apparition of that woman near the well. 2) Shaniwarwada Fort (Pune) Shaniwarwada Fort has witnessed several scary incidents. It is believed that the level of spiritual activity is on its zenith on every full moon night. According to an ancient story, this fort is haunted by the spirit of a prince who was cruelly killed when he was 13 years old by one of his relatives. His ghost can be heard screaming in the middle of the night....

Dark Secret Of Cellular Jail

Image
Cellular Jail located at Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, it stands as a dark story of the British rule in the Indian subcontinent. The jail was built in the year 1906 got the name ‘Cellular’ because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement.  The cellular jail also mentioned as Kala Pani (Where Kala means death or time and Pani means water in Sanskrit) witnessed the several cruel punishments imposed on culprits. The foundation of cellular jail was laid in 1896. 238 prisoners who attempted to escape the jail in March 1868 were caught in April of whom 87 were hanged. The prisoners dreaded the waters of Andamans and being isolated from the mainland there was no way out for them to escape. The island became a proper place for the British to punish the freedom fighters. The design of Cellular Jail basically had seven straight sections each connected to a tower in the center giving the entire construction a look of something like a bicycle whee...

Acharya Chanakya: The Real Significance Of Courage

Image
Acharya Chanakya was one of greatest strategists in Indian history with loads of knowledge and understanding. Acharya Chanakya , also identified as Kauá¹­ilya or Vishnu Gupta Indian politician and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire. In this critical work, he had compiled almost every character of what had been written in India up to that time regarding property, economics, or material success. He is considered Pioneer Economist of India in the fields of political science and economics due to the significant contributions he made to the improvement of these fields. Acharya Chanakya was born in 350 BC in a Brahmin family. The details regarding the place of his birth are unclear.,  but according to Buddhist texts, his birthplace was Taxila. He was educated at Takshashila, an old center of training located in north-western ancient India. He grew up to be a well-read young man, with expertise in a va...