Bhangarh Fort! I tell you a story about it - an angel -story that has a twist. This is the story of a beautiful princess. She lived in a grand fort on a hill in Rajasthan. A poor magician fell in love with him nearby.
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Then the fairy tale comes into a turn - the princess does not love her ... read to see what was likely and how you can still visit this fort ... Under some conditions ... The Government of India prevents visitors from entering the fort after sunset and before sunrise. Reason? Ghosts roam in the fort at night. And no person visiting the fort at night has come out alive! Yes, this place still exists! It is Bhangarh, a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in northwest India. It is right next to the famous Sariska Tiger Reserve. The local name of this place is Bhootiagarh or the land of ghosts. In the villages around the fort in Bhangarh, less than 2000 people live in the shadow of ghosts.
Bhangarh is a prehistoric settlement with some very old temples and havelis (traditional houses). The most famous view here is Bhangarh Fort. In the 16th century, the city was founded by King Bhagwant Das, King Bhagwant Das, Kachhwaha of Amer Jaipur. His intention was to make it the house of his second son Madho Singh. His elder brother, Man Singh I, was a general in the army of Emperor Akbar and one of Akbar's famous Navratnas. After the death of Madho Singh, his son Chhatra Singh ruled the city. Chhatra Singh died in 1630 and after that, Bhangarh's collapse began. Ajab Singh, son of Chhatra Singh, built a fort called Ajabgarh nearby - he attacked Bhangarh after the death of Chhatra Singh and killed his stepmother Ratnavati and his army.
After this, Aurangzeb died in the Mughal Empire and the Mughals became weak. In 1720, Raja Jai Singh II, the neighboring king and son of Raja Man Singh, merged Bhangarh in his area. And then the last nail in the coffin - the famine of 1783. Since then, the city has been deserted till recent times. Guru Balu Nath was a monk who lived in a nearby cave and spent his time in separation and meditation. Still, nearby there is a small stone hut called Tantric's umbrella. When King Madho Singh wanted to expand his fort, the monk promised the king that he would not have any problem with it. We Indians are still quite treated towards exaggeration and drama. Think how we would have been then
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The young Madho promised the old sand that even the shadow of this new fort will not fall on his cave. Undoubtedly, there were some other thoughts of the Sun - in winter, shadows used to become long and touched the cave. Angry monk Balu Nath cursed the city and its people that they would never be able to put roof at their home. It is said that even now whenever a house is built here, the roof falls… I like another story which talks about a sad, unilateral love story.
Ratnavati was the daughter of Raja Chhatra Singh, the beautiful princess of Bhangarh. A tantric named Singhiya (specialist in black magic) lived nearby nearby. He loved the princess. Unfortunately, it was one -sided. Once while buying perfume in the market, he met Ratnavati's maid. He performed black magic on perfume. As soon as the princess used that perfume, she would be attracted to her. Ratnavati came to know about this and threw the bottle out of the window. The bottle broke on a rock, which attracted the tantric and rolled over it and crushed it. Prior to his death, he cursed Chhatra Singh, his family and local people.
The following year, the fort was attacked by the Mughals (or he was his half -brother Ajab Singh?) And Ratnavati was killed along with others in the fort. Legend has it that the tantric's soul rotates in the fort in search of Ratnavati at night ... The fort is safe from the Aravalli mountains from three sides. It has 5 gates, one of which is the main gate. After the main gate, there are some temples (Hanuman, Ganesh, etc.) in which beautiful carvings still appear, the priest's accommodation, a market place and the house of dancers (dancing mansion). This is followed by the main fort area of Rani's residence. Of course, they are all in the ruins, but one can imagine how it must have been a time ... Now, around the ruins and its big banyan trees have grown across the ruins, which has made it scary. The only structure is Someshwar Temple in a better extent. Look at the beautiful stepwell here. The fort is completely ruined - all its three floors.
A strange danger appears as soon as it enters this place. But perhaps this is due to the stories that are prevalent about that place. I have not seen it at night, but what I heard is quite scary. Especially some parts of the fort like the residence area of the queen. Bhangarh Fort is considered to be Bhutha Fort. Real and imaginary, ghost stories are abundant. There have been stories of extraordinary activity of intelligence
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In the fort at night - there are voices of laughter, music, dance, murder etc. from the ruins. These stories make it such an attractive place to roam ... There are many stories that include people who went there at night and never returned again, or killed in mysterious circumstances, etc. In fact, if we talk about the rules, then the government also seems to agree with the stories of ghosts. The fort is under the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India), an organization of the Government of India. An ASI signboard at the door of the fort specifies the law that enter the fort before sunrise and after sunset. Even villagers are not allowed to graze their animals after sunset! Therefore, you can visit the fort only between 6 am and 6 pm.
