India is a land of heritage and history and with rich history comes along mysteries. Science has unearthed many secrets of this universe and explained so many things which were mystical and mysterious. Incredible India is covered with a web of mysteries that even science has no answers for. From odd temples to weird incidents, these mysteries will just immerse you in intrigue. Today, we will be sharing those mysteries with you.
Here are 12 Indian mysteries that till date remain unsolved. Take a look.
1. Kodinhi, the village of Twins
Venture into this tiny village in Kerala and you will experience one of the most mysterious and unexplainable phenomenon in the World. You will get to notice that the village is full of twins. In fact, it boasts of about 200 pairs of twins!
According to the researches, every year the estimate of the twins increases and no one knows the reason behind this. Doctors get baffled by the growing twinning ratio and no one as of now has found a suitable explanation. Even after studying the lifestyle of the expecting mothers and their pregnancy cycle, the village has not yet reached a conclusion on why only twins take birth in the village. It is said that the twinning phenomenon in Kodinhi started about 60 to 70 years ago.
2. The 1600 Years Old Rust Free Iron Pillar of Delhi
The Iron Pillar of Delhi is famous throughout India. But one thing that most people don’t know about it is that, it is 99 per cent resistant to corrosion. The 7.21 meters tall structure is as much as 1600 years old and still stands completely rust-free. Made from 98 per cent wrought iron, the pillar has been a subject of varied scientific studies from around the world. While a study concluded that critical corrosion-resistance agent called iron hydrogen phosphate hydrate makes the pillar resistant to rusting, the question that remains that how was such a chemically advanced agent manufactured almost 2000 years ago.
3. The malediction over Kuldhara
15 km away from Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), there is a village known as Kuldhara which vanished one night without any intimation.
Kuldhara was established in 1291 and flourished in leaps and bounds with as much as 84 villages in its vicinity. Around 500 years ago, the population of this village was 1500 families. Shockingly, one night all these 1500 families vanished suddenly. No information of their death or kidnapping came forward. No one could ever figure out what happened to them. since then the village is in ruins and considered haunted. All those who tried to take over the land died a brutal death.
4. Sonic Boom of Jodhpur
On December 17, 2012, at around 11.25 am, a deafening sound was heard in Jodhpur. When people came out of their houses to check about the noise, there was no sign of a blast or any bomb explosion.
As one might know, sonic boom is something that happens when an airplane breaks past the speed of sound, thus making it a rare sight, since planes do not fly at such speed when they are close to residential areas. What others believe to be an Air-force event, this sonic boom on that particlular day remains a closed mystery. Army denied performing any such activity from their end and this boom clanged the entire city. Till date, nobody has been able to determine what exactly happened that day in Jodhpur.
5.The dead sepoy who still guards his country
On October 4, 1968, when an Indian soldier – Harbhajan Singh was escorting a mule caravan from his battalion headquarters in Tekula to Dengchukla, he fell into a fast flowing stream and was drowned. It was on the fifth day of the missing, his colleague Pritam Singh had a dream of Harbhajan Singh informing him of his tragic incident and his dead body being found at the spot where he had informed the army official in a dream (under the heap of snows).
Baba Harbhajan Singh, known as “Hero of Nathula” helps army personnel in this inhospitable high altitude region of the Himalayas. They say he warns them against dangerous activities on the border through the dreams of fellow army men. Even Chinese army men believe to have seen a human figure doing patrolling in the night across the border.
It has become a common folklore among army men there and thus in his honor, they have built a shrine.
6. Tajmahal’s Second Reality
Tajmahal – the symbol of love is believed to be the finest creation of the Mughals, which was built in the 17th century by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz. However, there are theories that suggest something else about this palace. According to Prof. P N Oak’s theory in 2007, Tajmahal was actually an ancient temple, called Tejo Mahalaya, which was dedicated to Lord Shiva, He even wrote a book stating facts how the Moghul Emperor Shahjahan took Tejomahalaya from the then king of Jaipur by force and turned it into Taj Mahal.
He even presented many facts and mentioned many points referring to its name, documentary evidence in Mughal documents, architectural indication etc; however, the Indian government rejected his theory. The hullabaloo about the death of people who were involved in the making and several other facts related with the Taj are yet to be proven. Everything else is nothing but word of mouth which was induced in peoples’ minds.
7. The Reincarnation of Shanti Devi
Shanti Devi was born in Delhi in the 1930s. When she was four years old, she started acting strange. She told her parents that she belonged somewhere else and that her parents were not her real parents. She revealed that her name was Ludgee Devi and that she died while giving birth to a child. She named the town where she lived with her husband before death. Her worried parents decided to find the truth behind these outlandish claims.
When Shanti’s parents investigated, they were shocked as Shanti appeared to be telling the truth. There was indeed a woman named Ludgee Devi in the town that Shanti claimed to have lived in, and she died of childbirth, exactly like Shanti had told her parents. Her parents were shocked the most when Shanti Devi revealed the name of her village and the time when she died. The village existed and so did her husband and her family. When Shanti finally met her ‘husband from her previous life’, she recognized him instantly.
8. Hanging Pillar in Anantpur
The Lepakshi temple in Anantpura stands on around 70 strong pillars that have supported its weight for centuries. However there is one particular pillar here, called the Hanging Pillar, which does not touch the ground, but hovers a few inches above it. A thin piece of paper or a cloth can even be passed from under the pillar to prove that it’s actually not touching the ground.
9. Prahlad Jani -Living without food and water since 1940
The sadhu of Gujarat, Prahlad Mataji is an ardent devotee of renown Indian deity Amba; who claims to live without food for 70 years. He claims to have neither eaten nor has taken a drop of water since 1940. Considering this, in 2010 he was kept under 24×7 surveillance for 15 days where to the wildest surprise of everyone, he lived without food and water. Even then he had no symptoms of starvation. This act of his survival remains a terrific mystery for many.
10. The strange case of Bullet Baba
On 2nd December, 1988, Om Banna was travelling from the town known as Bangdi near Sanderao of Pali to Chotila, when he lost control of his Enfield and rammed his bike into a tree. He was killed instantly and his motorcycle fell into a nearby ditch. The morning after the accident, local police towed the vehicle to their police station but it returned to the site of the accident the very next day. No matter how many times the police towed it away, locked it up, emptied it of any fuel, the bike would find its way back to the accident site. This became a miracle, and the locals began to worship the “Bullet Bike,” and very soon, a temple known as “Bullet Baba’s temple” was constructed on the site.
11. Roopkund Lake, Uttarakhand
It is also known as the Mystery Lake and Skeleton Lake. Roopkund Lake is a mysterious, creepy lake in Uttarakhand which is known for the skeletal remains of humans. When it was discovered in 1942, this frozen lake was absolutely full of skeletons. The following summer all the ice melted and even more skeletal remains were discovered in and around it. The explanation behind this lake full of skeletons is still not clear.
12. The Immortal Beings Of The Himalayas
Himalayas have always been linked to mysteries because of its futile terrain and inhabitable climate. The world’s mightiest mountain range is a home to Gyanganj—a city of immortals and enlightened beings. Ancient Indian and Tibetan tales say that this place is city of mysterious immortal beings that cannot be discovered by ordinary men. These immortal beings are said to influence the world in various subtle ways (when required). It is also said that the city is so well camouflaged in a different plane of reality, that no modern mapping techniques and satellites can identify the place. However, the immortal, enlightened sadhus and mahatmas that inhabit the place often let in visitors to share some of their wisdom with the outside world.
