5th) HAUNTED PLACES OF PAKISTAN - The Koh-i-Chiltan:-
According to the legend
associated with it and by local myth, it always considered very haunted by the
spirits of forty babies. The tallest peak in the Chiltan range is said to be
haunted by the ghosts of 40 dead children. The local legend of the peak
is about a couple who once left 40 babies on the peak to survive on
their own. It is these children that they say can be heard crying in despair in
the night when the winds blow strong, carrying down their voices calling to
people to come up.
The story of the couple
is fairly simple, poor and without a child, they sought the help of many
clerics and healers. One such cleric’s son said he would be able to help them
even though others couldn’t. He spent many nights praying and the couple was
not only blessed with one but forty children. Being unable to care for so many
the husband decided to leave 39 on the mountain top to fend for
themselves. They say the wife was drawn to the wails of the 39 and
taking the 40th child she saw that all were alive, she left her last
child there to tell her husband the good news. Upon returning, all of them
were gone.
STORY FROM WIKIPEDIA:-
Koh-i-Chiltan is said to
be haunted. A local story about the mountain tells the tale:-
A frugal couple, married
for many years, were unblessed with offspring. They therefore sought the advice
of a holy man, who rebuked the wife, saying that he had not the power to grant
her what Heaven had denied. The priest's son, however (also a mullah), felt convinced he could
satisfy her wishes, and cast forty pebbles into her lap, at the same time
praying that she might bear children. In process of time she was delivered of
forty babies rather more than she wished or knew how to provide for. The poor husband
at his wits' end ascended to the summit of Chehel-Tan with thirty-nine and left
them there trusting to the mercy of the Deity to provide for them while the
fortieth baby was brought up under the paternal roof.
One day however touched
by remorse the wife unknown to her husband explored the mountain with the
object of collecting the bones of her children and burying them. To her
surprise, they were all living and gamboling among the trees and rocks. Wild
with joy she ran back to her dwelling brought out the fortieth babe and placing
it on the summit of the mountain left it there for a night to allure back its
brothers but on returning in the morning she found that the latter had carried
it off and it was never seen again. It is by the spirits of these forty babies
that Chehel-Tan is said to be haunted.
ANOTHER STORY FROM “NEWS
PAKISTAN” NEWSPAPER:-http://www.newspakistan.pk/2011/10/22/the-haunted-koh-e-chiltan-in-quetta-beauty-with-a-legend/
Our motherland has been
bestowed with my beautiful locations. The Almighty has blessed us with a
country that has mesmerizing geographic and topographic features. Not only are
the Northern Areas gifted with splendid mountainous scenery, the south western
province of Balochistan also boasts of such landscape with remarkable beauty of
its own.
Among the many striking
mountains in the Balochistan province, there is Koh-e-Chiltan. The
stunning mountain is 3,194 metres (10,479 ft) high. It is located in the
provincial capital, Quetta. It is the third highest peak in Quetta and
the fifth highest in Balochistan.
Koh-e-Chiltan or Chiltan
Mount not only an appealing it is also, to the surprise of many, considered
haunted. The mountain is a much talked about affair in the nearby region. Many
locals have quite a few tales to tell about the mountain. Although the accounts
of a few differ from others, it is widely and generally believed that the
mountain is indeed haunted and is not considered a safe place to visit alone.
The name of the mountain Chiltan or Chehel-Tan actually means ‘forty bodies’,
it has been derived Persian/Balochi. The story related to the mountain
is about a couple that lived many years ago in the vicinity of the mountain. It
is said that the couple had married, and were not blessed with an offspring for
many years after their marriage. As time passed the couple grew desperate for a
child and started resorting to methods other than natural.
After they were left
totally helpless, they decided to take help from a holy man. They went to the
holy man asking for advice and wanted him to pray in their favor. The holy man,
however, told them that there was nothing he could do since he could not change
what Allah had decided for them. On the other hand the holy man’s son, who was
also learned in these ways, felt sympathy towards the couple. He was confident
that he could help them and decided to perform a ritual. He told the man’s wife
to sit in front of him and then he cast forty pebbles in her lap. Subsequently
she had forty children, but the couple was still unhappy as they could not
provide for all forty children. The husband cold-heartedly decided to leave 39
of their children on the Chehel Tan summit, and keep one offspring with them.
After some time, the
mother of the children who had been living a life of guilt and remorse decided
to head back to the summit and gather the remains of their children whom they
had once abandoned. As she reached the top of the mountain, she was astounded
to see that all of her children were still alive. She was ecstatic and decided
to run back to her husband and tell him about this miracle. As she went home,
she could not find her husband so she decided to take her fortieth offspring to
Chehel Tan so he could meet his brothers and sisters. In a bizarre
twist, the mother left her fortieth child on the peak for one night. She was
sure that all of her children would be there the next morning. When she
returned the day after, she found out that there was no one there. It is said that
her other 39 children had carried off the one offspring she had decided
to raise. None of the children were ever seen again by their mother. It is
still widely believed that the forty babies still haunt the Chehel Tan or
Koh-e-Chiltan.
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کوہِ چلتن اردو میں
بلوچستان کا کوہ چلتن
جہاں پراسرار
چالیس نوملود بچوں کی آوازیں گونجتی ہیں۔ایک شادی شدہ جوڑا کئی سال گزرنے کے بعد بھی اولاد سے محروم رہا۔ وہ
کسی پادری کے پاس گئے اور اس سے
التجا کی کہ ایسا عمل کریں کہ اللہ تعالیٰ انہیں اولاد سے نوازے۔ پادری نے کہا کہ تمہاری قسمت
میں اللہ نے اولاد لکھی ہی نہیں۔تم لوگ اللہ کے کاموں میں
مداخلت نہیں کرسکتے۔ تو جوڑے نے ضد کرکے پادری سے عمل کروادیا۔ وقت پر اللہ نے انہیں اچانک چالیس بچوں سے نواز ڈالا۔ جوڑے نے دیکھا کہ اتنے
سارے بچے ہم نہیں پال سکتے ایسا کرتے ہیں کہ ہم ایک بچہ رکھ لیتے ہیں اور
باقی 39 کو کوہ چلتن میں چھوڑ
آتے ہیں۔ ایسا کرنے کے بعد جب 5 سال گزر گئے تو اچانک ماں کو خیال آیا کہ ایسا نہ
کریں کہ اس کو اسکے بہن بھائیوں سے ملوایا جائے۔ یہ بچہ اب بڑا ہوگیا ہے۔ یہ سوچ
کر وہ اس کو لے کر اسی جگہ پہنچی جہاں اس نے اپنے 39 نوملود چھوڑے تھے۔ جب وہ وہاں پہنچی تو
یہ دیکھ کر حیران رہ گئی کہ وہ 39 کے 39 بچے کھیل کود میں مصروف ہیں اور بڑے ہوگئے ہیں۔ اس نے اپنے ایک بچے کو وہاں چھوڑا تاکہ
وہ کچھ دیر اپنے بہن بھائیوں سے کھیل لے اور اپنے شوہر کو بتانے چلی گئی۔ جب کچھ
دیر بعد شوہر سمیت واپس آئی تو دیکھا کہ وہاں پر ایک بھی بچہ موجود نہیں ہے۔ کہتے ہیں تب سے کوہ چلتن
کے اس مخصوص علاقے میں انہیں بچوں کی آوازیں گونجتی ہیں۔یہ کہانی سچ مچ کی تو نہیں
لگتی لیکن یہ سچ ہے کہ وہاں نوملود بچوں کی آوازیں گونجتی ہیں۔
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