Haunted places in India (2 of 2)

35 Most Haunted Places in India: Real Stories and places (2 of 2):

1. Writers building, Kolkata

Writer’s Building, Kolkata (source)

The new Writers Building is constructed inside the old fort after the first one got demolished a natural disaster. It is believed that the spirit of Captain Simpson of British East India Company, who was killed by the revolutionaries Binay, Badal and Dinesh, still resides in the building. People residing in the nearby premises often hear the footsteps and voices after its dark.

22. Bombay Supreme Court

Bombay Supreme Court (source)

A tortured, vengeful soul is believed to haunt every unknown entity in the corridor restricting their entry. This happened since last 30 years whenever a murder trial is taking place.

23. Delhi Cantonment Area

The lonely stretch of road in Delhi Cantonment (source)

Usually considered as a beautiful clean and green space, Delhi cantonment area is also known as haunted place its spookiness after mid night. People talk about a women in white saree, often asking for lift, sometimes even chasing the vehicle and catching up its speed.

24. Towers of Silence, Mumbai

Tower of Silence, Mumbai (source)

It is actually a Parsi cemetry situated near the Malabar Hills. Parsi’s have the ritual of leaving the bodies of their dead on the roof top of a tower to be fed by the vultures. Even the imagination of those scenes would bring shivers to your body. It is also believed that the paranormal incidents occurring in Grand Pararri Towers in Mumbai happens due to the spectral forces emanating from this cemetery.

25. Malcha Mahal, New Delhi

Malcha Mahal, Delhi (source)

The paranormal activities of Malcha Mahal are famous among the most haunted stories in the city of Delhi. The palace is situated in the forest area behind Buddha Garden. Reporters, forest officers or locals, all keep a fair distance and think twice before entering the premises. The warning related to the hound dogs and trespassers being gunned down (since the government gave the authority to shoot down anyone who proves to be a treat to the property) also scares people off this ground.

26. Three Kings Church, Goa

The Three King’s Church, Goa (source)

It is famous for its paranormal activities experience by many locals and also by the GRIP team of Indian Paranormal Society. It is believed that the spirits of three kings (who fought over the property of this church and eventually killed each other) roam around in the premises.

27. The Lambi Dehar Mines, Mussoorie

Lambi Dehar Mines, Musoorie (source)

It is considered as one of the most haunted places in India. The mines were shut after half a million workers died coughing blood due to improper mining conditions. Locals believe that the place has turned into a home for a witch who walks down the hills at night and has claimed many life. Rapid occurrences of accidents and unusual deaths have also made this place rank amongst the spookiest places in the country.

28. Kalpalli Cemetery, Bangalore

Kalpalli Cemetery (source)

Alternatively known as St. John’s Cemetery and located on the Old Madras Road, this place is as spooky as they come. Sighting of ghosts has often been reported by passerby and curious onlookers,  particularly of a man like figure lurking about on the premises. A stroll on a dark night is sure to send a shiver down your spine. Definitely not for the faint of heart.

29. The Mansion, Residency Road, Pune

The scariest houses have a strange pull

This old and dilapidated ruin of a house is scary enough to look at, leave alone venturing over there. According to the local tales, this place is haunted by an evil old lady. Errie sounds, manic laughter and blood-curdling screams are often heard late at night and easily makes it one of themost haunted places in India.  The locals dread the place and advice against going there. Some might just accept that as a challenge.

30. House Number W-3, Greater Kailash, Delhi

An abandoned house (source)

This place and the story behind it seems to be straight out of a horror flick. A few years ago an elderly  helpless couple were murdered in cold blood in their own home. The house has since fallen to ruin but has retained it’s original occupants in some form or so the stories suggest. Muffled laughter, soft whispering and strange voices are heard every now and then. All this has cast a spell of fear and made thisone of the most haunted places in India.

31. Vas Villa- St. Marks road, Bangalore

Vas-Villa, St. Marks Road, Bangalore (source)

This place has a tragic and violent past. The place belonged to the Vas family and was occupied by Doice Vas and Vera Vas, the two daughters of the renowned lawyer, Mr Vas. On day in 2001, Doice wasstabbed to death in her own home by an unknown assailant. She was later buried there as well and Vera moved out after some time. The place is in ruins and has been haunted ever since and the spirit of Doice is supoosed to still linger in the hallways. Multiple teams scouting for paranormal activities have confirmed the presence of negative energy and disturbances.

32. Savoy Hotel, Mussoorie

Hotel Savoy, Mussoorie (source)

The beautiful little hill-station of Mussoorie has it’s fair share of local legends, but ghost of Lady Garnet Ormetakes the cake. She was found dead in one of the rooms of the Savoy hotel undermysterious circumstances and is supposed to haunt it ever since. Some say that she was poisoned and strychnine was discovered in one of her medicine bottles. The incident created quite a sensation and Agatha Christie’s best-seller ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ is supposedly basesd on this. Such a rich history ensures that it always finds a mention in the list of most haunted destinations of India. Hotel attendants and guests often complain of a lady in white walking the hallways and strange noises and disturbances coming from the room where she was murdered.

33. Khairatabad Science College, Hyderabad

A college in ruins with a morgue. That’s creepy! (source)

There is an old inconspicuous Tarapuri Buliding, just off the Khairtabad flyover which used to be a science college. The building fell to ruin and was abandoned, but the dead bodies in the bilogy labswere not disposed off properly. People who pass by at night have often sightedwalking skeletons, sparks and disturbing noises. A guard was stationed there by the Government but he died mysteriously, adding to the scariness of the place. Locals avoid this place and believe it to be one of the most haunted in the country.

34. Tunnel 33, Shimla

Tunnel-33, Barog, Shimla

Tunnel number 33 is the longest tunnel on the Shimla-Kalka railway stretch, situatednext to the Barog Train Halt. Often claimed to be the straightest tunnel in the world, this feat of engineering has an interesting history. The task of construction was given to a British engineer named Captain Barog who failed to complete it. He was later fired from the job, mocked and driven to depression. One day he went into the tunnel and shot himself.

The tunnel was completed by someone else but named after him. Apparently his ghost still haunts the tunnel but is a friendly one. Locals also recount seeing awoman run screaming into the tunnel and a man asking for matchsticks to light his cigarette. Tunnels are inherently eerie places and a story like this is sure to make it one of the most haunted ones.

35. Chandan Nagar, Pune

A little girl with a doll. How can that be scary? (source)

The small colony of Chandan Nagar in Pune has a little terror hidden in it’s womb. The ghost of a little girl who roams the night in a white frock, cradling a dollin her hands! She appears at the strike of the midnight hour and comes screaming at you if you happen to cross her path. The very description is enough to make you jump out of your skin. There is story behind this. About 10 years ago the girl was killed at a construction site and has haunted the place since then. People have reported that she smiles at you if you look at her. This is good fodder for a nightmare, leave alone venturing to find her. Or should you?

You know what they say -See it to believe it!

India is definitely a place of mysteries. For very long, people in the west have thought of India as a place of snake charmers and magicians. People have been visiting India to places like Varanasi, Rishikesh, Haridwar, etc. for spirituality. India has been the origin for 4 of World’s biggest religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. And as they say, good spirits and bad spirits go hand in hand.

Indian Hindu mythology is full of devils and “Asuras” (demons). Time to time, various demons have rose and fought against angels and gods. According to hindu mythology, spirits never die and those spirits which die unnatural death can never find peace and keep roaming around, causing the place to be haunted. These free-roaming spirits have also been known to attack people, create unnatural incidents and make the places spooky.

These haunted places in India are just among the famous ones. Children in India grow up to listening to lots of stories from their grandmothers and some of them include haunted stories. Almost every village in India has a tree or a well which is supposedly haunted. A woman in white sari has been the typical image of spirits. I have spent so many nights discussing haunted stories with my friends and they always give me a chill in my spines, yet they are so much fun. I am sure you would also have heard of such stories or maybe created one 

In case you know of more haunted places or if you have experienced some paranormal activity yourself or know of haunted stories, please do share in the comments.

Haunted Places in India that just missed out on this list but are also reportedly haunted:

While compiling this list of the most horror inducing places across India, we came across a number of stories which we had no clue had any such history. Even more so, these are the regular places one visits without knowing what might be lurking at the next corner. And yet the thrill of not knowing what is to come makes it so much more interesting. These were some of the places that had some interesting stories that you might want to explore more.

Jamali-Kamali Masjid, Delhi

Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai

Grand Paradi Towers, Mumbai

Lothian Cemetery, Delhi

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Campus, Ahmedabad

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), Bangalore