KULDHARA The legends And More

A visit to the ghost town.

- Bindu Saxena

Human beings have a remarkable ability to evoke and elicit emotions through folklore and legends. Stories have been an integral part of growing up. Research proves that these narratives activate a part of our brain associated with emotions and empathy.

The eerie, sad backstories and folklore of abandoned cities attract unique attention. There may be as many versions as there are storytellers, even though it is impossible to prove their veracity.

It is all about the content, and legends keep piling up.

What Are Ghost Towns?

Abandoned properties, towns, and cities are like ominous dark clouds that gather overhead like doomy time capsules. In simple terms, these are nothing but uninhabited properties, empty buildings, and unfinished constructions.

The place being unattended deteriorates its physical condition and results in a negative psychological effect on the people who visit it or even happen to pass through. They get a tag of ghost towns or haunted places. Tales of horror about anything that happened inside or near the property - from a murder, suicide, or heinous event at the place to its use for an illicit activity such as a brothel, drug paddling, or ghost sighting make it So.

One hears different narratives. The only criterion is to dub it haunted.

There would be as many versions of the story, but if it has an element of romance, it would be the highest-selling genre for listeners or readers because this guarantees that one protagonist must be a woman. Does it make the storyline more engaging? Huh!

Kuldhara: A Ghost Town