Hello everyone , 

Today I am going to tell you all about a village where no one lives and it is abandoned , there are houses only and temples.

KULDHARA is the village which is situated in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. This is the village where there are only  ruined houses . Paliwal Brahmins were used to live there they used to do black magic , and astrological work . This village was established in the 13th century approx and around the end of 18th century it was abandoned or left by villagers. With this village 84 another villages were abandoned at the same time .

This place is the 2nd most haunted places of India. Now , this village is developed as a tourist spot by Indian Government. The Kuldhara village is open to visitors till 6pm . No one is allowed there after this time. You can see ruins of approx 420 buildings, some houses are in good condition , all are made up of stones and mud .

Legends behind the abandonment of Kuldhara village- 

1. There may be an earthquake.
2. Scarcity of water which reduced crop production, which forced villagers to leave the village.
3. A legend says that , Minister of jaisalmer Salim Singh increased taxes which led decline of the Kuldhara .
4. The main legend - It says that the village Kuldhara was abandoned in one night .          According to this legend the minister Salim Singh was attracted to a beautiful girl who was the daughter of Raj guru . So , he asked the girl to marry him , but she denied saying that “I will marry where my parents will say ”. So the Salim Singh went to the Raj guru and said that he wants to marry his daughter . Then Raj guru denied saying that “ you are kshtriya and we are Brahmins , you eat flesh and we don't ” . So I can't marry my daughter with you . After listening this Salim Singh went out in anger. Next day Salim Singh wrote a letter, he said that Either he will get the girl by attacking on the village or he will kill or the villagers .                              After this , all the leaders of 84  villages gathered and decided to save the girl and abandon the village . People who did not want to leave the village killed themselves there . The villagers cursed the village “ if we cannot settle in this village , no one else will be able to settle in this village ”.

After that Kuldhara and 84 villages were left abandoned . And today Kuldhara village is taken care by the Archaeological survey of India as a Heritage site .