How about 83 villages that disappeared in one night, a town where Brahmins lived, a place full of ghosts?

Kulthara is a rural area with no traffic. This village is located in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. This area is known through historical claims to have been built in the 13th century. The village of Kulthara was once a prosperous area. Here, Paliwal Brahmins from the Pali region of Rajasthan lived.

It is known that the village of Kulthara was vacated only in the early 19th century. Although various unknown reasons have been given for this, some reasons such as shortage of drinking water, resulting famine, earthquake, brutal rule of a Jawan have been strongly mentioned even today.

During the few years that the village of Kultara was vacant, it began to gain a reputation as a paranormal place. In the 2010s, steps were taken by the Rajasthan state government to turn the area into a tourist destination..

Kulthara village is located at a distance of 18 km from Jaisalmer district. This town is centered around the Goddess. The village has only 3 main roads and a few side streets.

Only dilapidated building walls remain in the northern and southern parts of Kuldhara village. On the eastern side, a branch of the dried up river can be seen. and the western part, with boundary walls protecting the village.

Kulthara village was inhabited by Brahmins who migrated from Bali to Jaisalmer district. In the 17th century, the village had more than 400 houses and more than 1500 inhabitants, but the population began to decrease significantly in the following years.

At the beginning of the 19th century the population was 800. At the end of the 19th century, only 37 people lived here. At the last census, 117 houses were left here.

The village of Kulthara was mostly inhabited by people belonging to the Vaishnava caste.

Here, the idols of Vishnu and Mahishasuramarthini are found a lot. And in many inscriptions the word Ganesha and small Ganesha images are found.

And these villagers have also been worshiping idols of deities sitting on bulls and horses.

The source of water for the village of Kuldhara was only two branches of the Kakni/Kakneya river, a few km from this town, and a few wells. As these water sources dwindled, the people of Kulthara, who depended on agriculture, suffered greatly.

Due to this reason, in the 19th century, people started leaving the town in large numbers. On the one hand, there is a shortage of drinking water, but it is also known that the people left the town due to the brutal actions of Salim Singh, the jawan who came to power here.

From 1815 the wells gradually dried up. By the 1850s only a couple of wells had water. It is said that the people of Kultara who have faced various hardships such as water scarcity on one hand and harsh taxes imposed by Jawan on the other hand have left this town without any other option.

A womanizing jawan one day lusted after a beautiful young woman who lived in the village of Kuldara. He sent his guards to Kultara and ordered the villagers to hand over the girl to the guards.

There is a story circulating that the villagers evacuated the village en masse that night after asking the police to come the next morning and take the girl away. Similarly in another story known as hearsay, it is said that not only Guldara but also 83 surrounding villages disappeared (vacated) overnight.

A 2017 study conducted by AP Roy revealed that the neighboring villages inhabited by the people of Kulthara and Paliwal may have been destroyed due to the earthquake.

The researchers who conducted this study pointed out that when looking at the structure of the destroyed buildings, the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes can be seen in the roofs and pillars of the houses.

They also said that such an impact is not likely to be caused by climate change or building erosion.

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