Kuldhara
Sign in to saveKuldhara is an abandoned village in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. Established around the 13th century, it was once a prosperous village inhabited by Paliwal Brahmins. It was abandoned by the early 19th century for unknown reasons, possibly because of dwindling water supply, an earthquake, or as a local legend claims, because of the atrocities by the Jaisalmer State's minister Salim Singh.
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- Kuldhara
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- Kuldhara
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- Village
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- Kuldhara, an abandoned village (30738705327).jpg
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- Ruins of Kuldhara houses
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- India Rajasthan#India
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- Location of Kuldhara in Rajasthan, India
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- India
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- State
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- Rajasthan
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- District
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- Jaisalmer
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- Metric
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- 266
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- IST
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- +5:30
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- Ghost town
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Kuldhara is an abandoned village in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. Established around the 13th century, it was once a prosperous village inhabited by Paliwal Brahmins. It was abandoned by the early 19th century for unknown reasons, possibly because of dwindling water supply, an earthquake, or as a local legend claims, because of the atrocities by the Jaisalmer State's minister Salim Singh.
Over the years, Kuldhara has acquired a reputation as a haunted site, and the Government of Rajasthan decided to develop it as a tourist spot in the 2010s.