Bhangarh: Once a kingdom to a haunted place

Bhangarh, the foremost haunted fort in India. Driving 85 km from Jaipur, Bhangarh is situated in Rajgarh, Alwar. The Bhangarh fort was built by the Kachwaha ruler of Amber, Raja Bhagwant Singh, for his younger son Madho Singh in 1573 AD. Madho Singh’s brother was the celebrated Man Singh, who was Akbar’s general. Madho Singh was succeeded by his son Chatr Singh. it was Chatr Singh’s son Ajab Singh who built the fort of Ajabgarh.

Bhangarh is additionally a pre-historic site and tourist spot. the foremost remarkable aspects of Bhangarh are its old buildings: the Hindu temples of Gopinath, Shiv (Someshwar), Hanuman, Ganesh, Vishal Devta, Lavina Devi, and Keshav Rai. Other buildings include shops and dhabas along the most road, several havelis, a mosque, and a palace. The palace is protected by two inner fortifications across the valley. The town is separated from the plain by ramparts with five gates.

Bhangarh is a tourist place but visiting there is allowed only in day. In night, no one is allowed to stay there. Local people said us that if anyone stays there in night then he will not come alive in morning. Local villagers were saying that no one is allowed to take the fort's name after sunset. 

Story behind Bhangarh

The story of Bhangarh is all about the wonderful princess Ratnavati, who was the little girl of Chatr Singh. She was the gem of Rajasthan. Ratnavati was a lot more youthful than her stepbrother Ajab Singh, and was as generally preferred as he was detested. Stories of her excellence and awesome disposition spread all over and she got numerous proposals to be engaged. A tantrik minister, who was knowledgeable in dark wizardry, experienced passionate feelings for her. In any case, realizing that he didn't have a potential for success with the delightful princess, he attempted to enchant her. Seeing the princess' house cleaner purchasing aroma for her in the town, he cast a spell on it so Ratnavati would begin to look all starry eyed at him. Ratnavati came to know about this and tossed the jug. It transformed into a stone and hit the tantrik. He was squashed under its weight, however before he kicked the bucket, he reviled the princess, her family, and the whole town. The following year, a fight was battled between the powers of Bhangarh and Ajabgarh, which prompted the demise of Ratnavati and the vast majority of the military. 

It was because of this revile that nobody in the town or fortification could be reawakened; it is perpetually sentenced to devastation and is occupied by phantoms. In the event that any resident attempts to assemble a rooftop, it evidently strangely implodes. 

There is another story as well. Clearly there was a sadhu, Guru Balu Nath, living on top of the slope on which Raja Bhagwant Singh assembled the post. His solitary condition for leaving the fortification alone worked there was that it should never project a shadow on his residence. This condition was regarded by all aside from Ajab Singh, who added segments to the stronghold that cast a shadow on the parsimonious' home. The irate sadhu's revile prompted the destruction of the stronghold and the encompassing towns. A little stone hovel, known as tantrik ki chatri, ignores the fortress. 

Reality is by all accounts that after Chatr Singh's demise, since Ajab Singh had just settled another stronghold, the number of inhabitants in the zone dwindled. A starvation in 1783 constrained the excess residents to look for new roads. In 1720, Raja Jai Singh, grandson of Man Singh, appended Bhangarh to his home.

Now days, Bhangarh is a very popular tourist place and it is attracting more young people and but still no one is allowed to stay here at night because still there are few stories about few people who stayed there in night. Few of them lost their mind and went for treatment after staying there in night. But you should visit there once but in day.