Grand Paradi Towers- Malabar Hill.

    Situated in one of the posh locations in the city, the Grand Paradi Towers are said to be haunted. The first incident was that of a couple jumping from their flat, followed by other family members the next year. There have been reports of maids committing suicide in the building and other spooky accidents claiming the lives of residents. Despite numerous pujas and other methods used the towers still remain one of the most haunted places in the city.

     Anyone will hardly believe this place is haunted. It is one of the richest place and prime location in Mumbai. Built in 1975, it is very hard to believe that a number of flat, mostly in second floor are unsold. Especially like in an area such as Malabar Hills. One man who works there as a security guard gave interesting information: More than twenty suicides, fatal accidents and bad happenings made Grand paradi towers ghostly. It is quite natural if some places met lots of unnatural deaths the atmosphere becomes freaky easily. May be it is kind of hallucination or something else.

     Let's dig into its suicides at a glance. Vasadeo and Tara Dalal committed

suicides in June 14, 1998. Police found their suicide note where they accused their own son and daughter in law for harassing them and provoking to death. Police arrested their son and daughter-in-law Balkrishna (48) and Sonal (45). After 7 years later they also took the same fate as their parents. Balkrishna, Sonal and their 19-year-old daughter Pooja also committed suicide by jumping off from eight floor balcony. In 2000 Mr. Jain committed suicide from there. On Saturday, October 28, 2006, a 24 year old girl, Charisma Kadakia jumped to her death while she was with her boyfriend. The guy didn’t know what the depressed girl was going through. In another incident a housemaid was dead by falling from the window. It is not clear if that was a suicide or anything else. There are so many other incidents where people died unnaturally. Thus, this place retains one of most haunted places in Mumbai.

Chandan Nagar, Pune

      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.

      Here is one of the creepiest ones! A little girl in a white frock, holding a doll comes screaming at you. Does that sound scary enough for you? It is said that 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, holding a doll in 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.

Kuldhara— The village of ghosts.

        While coming back towards Jaisalmer, when took a turn to right at some point and went on another straight dusty road for a few kilometres, before the ruins showed up. The sun was up in the sky by the time we reached Kuldhara. This place is a protected monument and is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). 

         The village of Kuldhara is popularly known to be a deserted ghost village that has been abandoned since 1800s. It is said to carry a curse of the villagers who vanished from there overnight, after having lived there for over 7 centuries.

        The village lies in ruins, established in 1291 by the Paliwal Brahmins, who were a very prosperous clan and were known for their business acumen and agricultural knowledge. It has been said that one night in 1825 all the people in Kuldhara and nearby 83 villages vanished in dark. All of a sudden and without any warning.

Tales about this mystery include the fact that Salim Singh, the minister of the state, once visited this village and fell in love with the beautiful daughter of chieftain wanting to marry her. 

        The minister threatened the villagers by saying that if they did not marry the girl to him, he would levy huge taxes or burn them alive. The chief of the village along with those of adjoining villages decided to abandon and migrate elsewhere to protect the girl’s honour. Nobody saw them leave nor did anyone figure where they went, they simply vanished. It is said that the villagers also cast a spell on the village as they left, cursing anyone who tried to inhabit the land, also it is said by villagers that The Minister burned down the whole village in which all the villagers died.

Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon.

      We continue with our on going process of Haunted places and the next up in list is Mumbai's Famous Aarey Milk Colony situated in Goregaon East, a suburb of city of Mumbai, India.

      It was established in 1949 and officially inaugurated by the  Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. Aarey Milk Colony includes 12 villages – Sai, Gundgav, Film City, Royal Palms, Dindoshi (Eksar Pahad), Aarey, Pahadi Goregaon, Vyraval, Kondivita, Maroshi (Marol), Parjapur and Paspoli. In 1977, 200 hectares of land was carved out from Aarey village to establish Film City.The colony is spread over 16 square kilometres (4,000 acres) and is located off the Western Express Highway. Among the attractions in it are Chhota Kashmir with a lake and a picnic spot.

      This famous spot in Mumbai is very well associated with oddities, petty crimes, lurking leopards and yes (most importantly) paranormal activities! This 10sq. Km stretch of Mumbai is a famous spooky and scary destination, with a mysterious and haunted air around it. Local people narrate incidents of a woman in a white saree, asking for lift in the odd hours of the night. She becomes violent soon after. Other stories include the existence of a disappearing old man, crying babies and other strange experiences.

      Would you dare to go here at night? Have you had any supernatural experience at any place ? Share your story with me at hauntedplaces101.blogspot.in