Cursed Rajasthan

India's north-western state and its canon of cursed places — forts, villages and the desert's long memory. Open the world map to see them plotted.

1. Bhangarh Fort — India's Cursed City

   A · Alwar, Rajasthan, India — A 16th-century fort city abandoned overnight, where the government's own sign forbids entry between sunset and sunrise.…

2. Kuldhara — The Village That Vanished Overnight

   A · Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India — A Paliwal Brahmin village of 84 settlements whose people left in a single night around 1825, cursing the land so that no one could ever settle it again.…