Kuldhara

Also known as Kuldhra

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kuldhara
Settlement.other_name: Kuldhara
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Kuldhara, an abandoned village (30738705327).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ruins of Kuldhara houses
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Rajasthan#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kuldhara in Rajasthan, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rajasthan
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jaisalmer
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 266
Settlement.timezone1: IST
Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30
Settlement.official_name: Ghost town

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Geography
Establishment
Demographics
Population
Social Groups
Culture
Religion
Fashion
Economy
Decline
Tourism
In popular culture
See also
References
Bibliography

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuldhara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.