India's Most Haunted Palace "Bhangarh"
The Bhangarh Castle
It is a place between Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan state of India. It is a deserted town with some 10000 dwellings established in 1613 by Madho Singh,
younger brother of great Mughal general, Man Singh (I). Bhangarh is
known for its ruins, Myths and the sign board By the The Archeological
survey of India (ASI) which says that “Entering the borders of Bhangarh
before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited.” but still worth
a visit; the place is beautiful and tranquil. What remains though, is a
shadow of a once beautiful kingdom.
On visit to Bhangarh one can esily make
out the destored market with shops on both side of road and will make
you admir the construction and the architech of the 16’s centurey
.Bhangarh also include gardens, havelis,banyan trees and temples of Lord
Someshwar, gopinath, mangla devi and Keshava rai. But the enigmatic
attraction is a secluded dome-shaped pavilion (chhatri) on the top of
the hill catches eye of all the visitors.
Myths behind The Bhangarh Castle
One of the stronger myths goes as follow :
The charm of princess of Bhangarh Ratnavati was said to be matchless in
all of Rajasthan . Being eighteen years old, the princess started
getting matrimonial offers from other states. In the same region there
lived a magician, who was well versed in the occult, named Singhia and
he was desperately in love with the princess knowing that he would never
be allowed to even see her, let alone meet her.One day, he saw the
princess’ maid in the market buying scented oil for her. Seeing this, he
got an idea by which he could meet the princess. He used his black
magic and put a spell on the oil which would hypnotize the princess by
merely touching the oil, and she would surrender herself.The princess
foiled this plan though. She had seen the magician enchanting the oil,
so she poure the oil the ground. As the oil struck the ground it turned
into a boulder, which crushed Singhia. Dying, the magician cursed the
palace with the death of all who dwelt in it,without any rebirth in
their destinies and the kingdom vanished over night. Legends also say
that the sprits /ghosts of those sufferd from the curse are still there
in Bhangarh and that is why entry is prohibited for tourists in the fort
after sunset and before sunrise.
One of the myths also says that there is
are hidden treasure in Bhangarh but those who stay there after sunset
in search of a teasure will never come back .However the precision of
the truth of these stories/myths cannot be measured as few people
claimes that they have spent a night at bhanghar (thought it illegal)
and the nothing ever happend on the other hand there are people who says
that the had a freaking tourable experince of trying to stay there
after sunset and they somehow manage to escape .
Apart from these storeis and myths
Bhangarh is an ancient town of archeological importance. During recent
excavations different types of tools used by early man have been
recovered from the pre-historical site of Bhangarh.The old town of
Bhangarh, as the ruins show was surrounded on three sides by elevated
hills where wild undergrowth is seen today. There were naturalsprings
and waterfalls there and one such is found near the temple of lord
Someshwar.
The Bhangarh Castle is the one of most Beautiful historic place of Rajasthan which give a great idea of old indian civiliazation.
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