Kuldhara
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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.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Former populated places in India, Medieval Indian cities and Reportedly haunted locations in India.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- abandoned village
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jaisalmer district
- Elevation
- 266
- Image
- Kuldhara.JPG
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- Commons category
- Kuldhara
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Establishment
- Demographics
- Population
- Social Groups
- Culture
- Religion
- Fashion
- Economy
- Decline
- Tourism
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuldhara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations