Unusual and Mysterious Places to Visit in India

Traveling to India can be more than visiting hill stations, havelis or beaches of Goa. How about some cursed places, a village with no doors and several similar unusual and mysterious places to visit in India. Below are some places that are really worth the visit for adventure lovers and brave-hearts. Not everyone would dare to visit some of these unusual places in India...

Balasinor:

 Are you fan of Jurassic Park movies? Then you will definitely enjoy a visit to Balasinor in Gujarat. Few decades ago, accidentally government officials discovered one of the biggest Dinosaur excavation site in the world. It is actually second biggest in the world. Even today, dinosaur fossils could be found lying on the ground. In fact, Balasinor is the only place in the world where you can actually touch a 600 millions years old dinosaur egg. Gujarat government is developing a Jurassic Park in Balasinor that will feature life size models of the dinosaurs..


Karni Mata Mandir:

Another classic example of unusual places in India is Karni Mata Mandir in Bikaner. The temple is famous for huge rat population. Thousands of rats live inside the temple. These rats are considered auspicious therefore you can not kill or hit them. Spotting a white rat inside the temple is very lucky. One need to be very careful while walking inside the temple. If you are scared for rats, then this is not the temple for you.






Mehandipur Balaji Temple:

This temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman in Rajasthan is famous for Exorcism. Its not exactly what you see in Haunting Shows or the movie Exorcist. Long time ago, the image of Lord Hanuman appeared from nowhere in the Aravali Hills. Today a temple has been made at that place. It is believed that this temple has the power to cure people affected by Black Magic or evil spirits. Any person who has been possessed will evil spirit will start to act unnaturally as he enters the temple premise. You can see hundreds of people at the temple who are believed to be possessed with evil spirits. Thousands of people are believed to have been cured here.


Kuldhara:

You will come across this deserted village during camel safari in Jaisalmer. Once Kuldhara was home to more than 1500 people. Suddenly one night the entire population of this village disappeared. Now that's spooky isn't it? Unlike Pompei in Italy, it didn't happen because of volcanic eruption, earthquake or floods. Apparently the Diwan of Jaisalmer, who was famous for his debauchery set his eyes on the beautiful daughter of village chief. When he was tipped off about the intention of Diwan, chief decided to leave the village to save his daughter. Fearing that in the absence of chief, other people of village may become victim of Diwan's anger, the entire village decided to disappear overnight. They only took some of the valuable items and left the village in dark. But not before cursing it that whoever will dare to live in Kuldhara will die. Since then, this village has become a ghost town. Nobody has dared to live here. Whoever tried, suffer a brutal death. The houses made out of sandstones have become a tourist attraction. Several of these houses have been restored by Rajasthan tourism.


Levitating Stone of Shivapur:

A small village near Pune in Maharashtra is famous for a levitating stone. If 11 people touch their finger to the stone and shout the name "Qamar Ali Darvesh", the stone flies up in the air. This is a huge stone weighting around 200kg. While some don't believe in this phenomena, other rule it out by calling it an illusion. However you can see for several videos on YouTube, demonstrating this amazing levitation stone





Khajuraho Temples:

Its hard to imagine finding erotic art in India that too on the walls of Hindu temples. But this is exactly what Khajuraho has to offer. Khajuraho temples, commonly referred as Temples of Love are a group of ancient Hindu, Jains and Buddhist temples that are famous for erotic sculpture on the outer walls. The reason for carving erotic sculpture on the outer walls is still a mystery. Out of 80 odd temples only 26 have left. Khajuraho is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of India.




Bhangarh:
There is a belief about Bhangarh that the place is haunted and no one dares to go after sunset there.


Bhangarh is a place between Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan state of India. Bhangarh is known for its ruins, but still worth a visit; the place is beautiful and tranquil. What remains though, is a shadow of a once beautiful kingdom.

The Bhangarh Story
The story (and the history) of the Bhangarh began in the year of 1573 when the fortress was established. Built by Raja Bhagawant Das, the ruler of the city of Amber, Bhangarh Fort has become the residence of Madho Singh, ruler's second son who fought alongside his father and brother in many wars. The decline of Bhangarh Fort started in 1630 after Chhatr Singh, son of Madho Singh got killed in a violent attack. The decline continued until 1783 when the fortress and the city were completely abandoned following that year's famine.
Bhangarh Myths

It is said that the city of Bhangarh was cursed by the Guru Balu Nath, causing the towns evacuation. Balu Nath sanctioned the establishment of the town but said: "The moment the shadows of your palaces touch me, the city shall be no more!" Ignorant of such foreboding, one ambitious descendant raised the palace to such a height that its shadowed Balu Nath's forbidden retreat and thus the town was devastated as prophesied. The small samadhi where Balu Nath is said to lie buried is still there.

The other myth is as follows: 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 tantrik, a magician well versed in the occult, named Singhia who 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 her merely touching the oil, and she would surrender herself. The princess foiled this plan though. She had seen the tantrik enchanting the oil, and she therefore threw it away, whereupon the flagon rolled over a stone. As soon as the oil touched the stone, it started rolling towards the wicked tantrik and crushed him. While dying, Singhia cursed the palace with the death of all who dwelt in it, without any rebirth in their destinies. The very next year there was a battle between Bhangarh and Ajabgarh and Ratnavati died.



What does the signboard say?
Here is a translation:
The Government of India
The Archeological Survey of India, Bhangarh
Important warning:
1. Entering the borders of Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited.
2. Shepherds and woodcutters who enter Bhangarh area will face legal action.
3. The Kewda or Pandanus trees found in Bhangarh area belong to the Archaelogy Survey of India. Is it forbidden to subject this tree to any kind of harm.
Note: Anyone flouting of the rules mentioned above will face legal action.
By order
Supervisor, Archaelogical Survey Board
True, the signboard does not say that there are ghosts in the area, or the place is haunted. But the signboard is extremely unusual....