HAUNTED PLACES OF PAKISTAN - TOP 6 MOST HAUNTED GRAVEYARDS OF PAKISTAN
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INTRODUCTION:
Kashif Farooq (the owner):
1) SHAMSHAN GHAT
HYDERABAD SINDH FROM YEAR 1793.
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This place is on the top
of the list in graveyards. This place is about more than 200 years
old (since the year 1793) and Hindu's burning and burial
ritual are performed here. As per guards and other staff claim that they have
seen TWO small children ages
from 10 to 11 and 7 to 8,
children coming to play
and make noise after sunset. Guards never saw anyone coming from the gate
because the boundary wall of this place is very high and the gate has also
closed by them every night. The children just come from nowhere and disappear
afterwards. That’s one creepiest thing... This happening detected the most between 12th to
18th of each MOON calendar, specially in the WINTER. There are 60+ graves of
children in the graveyard, ages upto 12.
Shamshan Ghat or
Crematory is in Hyderabad Sindh region of Pakistan near Badin Chowk. Many claim that spirits who are dead but
never reached their destination even after death.If you really want to
experience some creepiest paranormal activity, then this place is on the top of
the list in graveyards.
ANALYSIS:-
"Whose
souls come out from their bodies in distress"
Here in this cemetery,
Hindus can't perform burning and burial rituals in the evening just after
sunset, due to high paranormal activity.
Shamshan Ghat (Crematorium) Hyderabad is one of the most hunted places of Pakistan. This place is about more than 200 years old and have many mysteries buried in it. Hindus perform their burning and burial rituals of dead in this place. It is thought that this place is hunted by the spirits who couldn’t leave the earth. Many years ago when the workers were doing their duty, all of a sudden strange voices from nowhere came and they got afraid. The voices were that much frightening that they left their job to save their life.
The story of a guard is also very famous. It is said that a new guard had just came on the duty and it was his first day. He was given night shift. While walking in Shamshan Ghat (Crematorium) he noticed that children were playing in it. The walls very high, door was locks and children of that area don’t play late night. He checked the lock of the door and run away because it was sure that they were ghost having fun.
Another guard have also witnessed a live child coming out of grave. The story don’t end here. After this the child started to grow up and turned into an old person.
A bride in red bridle dress has been seen by people and no one know in whose search she didn’t left earth. People have heard strange noises and someone weeping from different areas of it. When the sun sets, mostly children appear and start playing. They keep playing till the sun rise. No one has seen them using the gates and the walls are too much high for children to jump. It is also thought that two children are brother. People interested in paranormal activities should definitely visit this place.
2) CHOWKANDI GRAVEYARD NATIONAL HIGHWAY KARACHI.
CHOWKANDI GRAVEYARD HAS 100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSANDS) GRAVES INSIDE.
3) MAKLI GRAVEYARD
THATTA VILLAGE SINDH.
Throughout its
tumultuous history, the medieval capital of Sindh, Thatta, has been ruled by
various dynasties, starting with the Sammas. The city was later ruled by the
Turkhan and Arghun kings but it was subsequently occupied by the Mughals. It is
said that the city saw its prime during the 16th and 17th centuries, when it
was a bustling cultural hub, an important port, and considered an esteemed seat
of learning with about 400 institutions in place. It is fabled that in 1699, an
English sea captain compared Thatta to London in size. The 18th century dawned
with a sorry tale for Thatta - the tributary of the Indus that supplied it
dried up, with the Kalhoras finally shifting their capital to Hyderabad. For
what it’s worth, the city had already produced a number of kings, philosophers,
teachers, artisans and saints, and nowhere can greater testimony to this be
found, but in the Makli Necropolis.
MAKLI GRAVEYARD HAS 125,000 (ONE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDS) GRAVES INSIDE.
Thatta’s ‘City of the Dead’ is home to an estimated half a million to a million graves, with some claiming it is the largest cemetery in the world. Spread over an area of a little more than 10 square miles, the graveyard houses graves from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Makli (literally “little Makkah,” as christened by an ecstatic Hajj pilgrim) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Owing to its archaeological diversity, both in time and space, the site holds special interest. The buildings have been divided into three time periods, according to the different periods of reign.
The graveyard spreads out into a diamond-shaped enclosure, before thinning out into the surroundings. It remains open throughout the year, and is easily accessible; while coming from Karachi, the graveyard can be spotted on the left side of the road. A network of roads is spread across the graveyard, thus most of it can be covered on automobiles. The graves are a unique amalgamation - offering a range of visuals: there are those of the kings which can easily pass for palaces, those of the Sufis that have now turned into oft-visited darbaars, and outnumbering both of these are the nameless ones - numbering in millions and eaten away at the sides.
While you may find some tourists visiting the site for its historical appeal, the life of Makli depends upon its Sufi saints. The tomb of Abdullah Shah Ashabi, for one, is a popular spot for devotees throughout the year. His annual urs is among the most celebrated occasions in the region, and the necropolis is traditionally lit up like no other night. While many unnamed and unidentified graves also add to the charm of Makli, owing to their specific features, the most sought after tombs in the area remain those of Jam Nizamuddin II, lsa Khan Tarkhan and Jan Baba (son and father), and Diwan Shurfa Khan. These have often been featured in music videos, TV shows and movies.
While a graveyard may at
first seem to be an inappropriate choice for a picnic, there’s too much in
Makli to not appeal to your finer senses. Not only does it offer a shining
glimpse of Thatta’s lost splendour, it also presents an accumulation of culture
and diversity. However, natural disasters and poor conservation have often
affected Makli adversely. Despite being a protected site, recent graves can
also be spotted in ancient enclosures. UNESCO’s website carries reservations
about the poor conservation of the Makli Tombs, although restoration attempts
have been made in some places in the graveyard.
At only a two-hour drive away from Karachi, Thatta is a must visit for all travel aficionados, a glimpse into the lost civilizations of Thatta.
Karachi may be a brand-new metropolis, but the lands encompassing it tend to be filled up with historical past. Towards the eastern side can be Thatta (ٹھٹہ),some sort of metropolis in excess of only two, 2000 years of age that had been the moment a prosperous dock in among the many offices of the Indus. That fell into obscurity about the convert of the eighteenth hundred years once the good river altered its training course along with the funnel link Thatta on the ocean grew to become silted upwards. At the top regarding its powers inside the fifteenth along with 16th ages, Thatta had been the capital regarding succession regarding Muslim dynasties that policies over Sindh (سندھ). These kinds of long-gone aristocrats forgotten a remarkable burial terrain for the Makli (مکلی) Inclines which reaches to 20 rectangular kilometres and is reported to be the most important necropolis on the globe. Thousands regarding graves of the wealthy along with the weak then lay side-by-side, while using tombs of the nobles wonderfully wooden with time-weathered sandstone.
In close proximity to Thatta, for the shoreline, can be a different old but currently left behind dock, Bhanbore (بھنبور), the place that the Muslim Arabian General Muhammad Bin Qasim (محمد بن قاسم) conducted their very first significant challenge with AD 711. The remains of the most ancient Mosque with to the south Asian countries are discovered in this article, keeping an inscription that times its initial structure in order to AD 727.
Northern of the marshy
lowland of the Indus delta, the particular Sindh landscape becomes dry out yet
again along with, in lots of aspects, is comparable to that regarding
Baluchistan. Fertile areas tend to be put out and about near the river bank,
but everything else can be desert or maybe semi-desert, before highway achieved
Hyderabad, Sindh’s subsequent biggest metropolis along with the fifth-largest
with Pakistan, using a inhabitants regarding 900,000.
4) MIANI SAHIB
GRAVEYARD, LAHORE, PUNJAB.
The Miani Sahib
Graveyard (میانی صاحب قبرستان) is the largest graveyard in the city of Lahore,
Pakistan. It is in the centre of Lahore. Its origins date back to the Mughal
era, making it one of the oldest graveyard in the region. Miani Sahib
Graveyard occupies around 1,206 kanals (60 hectares, 149 acres) of land and has
a capacity of approximately 300,000 graves.
It is administered by the Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee (MSGC), which was
formed on 31 May 1962.
The graveyard is currently facing an acute shortage of space for new burials. As of 2009, the government of Punjab has started an anti-encroachment drive to restore the space occupied illegally. People of Lahore visit this graveyard to offer 'fateha' (a religious prayer) and lay flowers on the graves of their loved ones. In 2013, generally speaking, people of Lahore feel that the graveyard is being neglected for maintenance and needs some local government attention.
PAKISTAN’S LARGEST GRAVEYARD IS MIANI SAHIB GRAVEYARD LAHORE, WHICH
INCLUDES 3 HUNDRED THOUSANDS GRAVES.
Gravediggers at the cemetery routinely bury the bodies of the newly deceased in plots that go unvisited. This graveyard is more than 400 years old. Inside the graveyard, strange voices and sounds can be heard. This graveyard is haunted by Muslim ghosts. There are approximately 400 Muslims Ghosts inside the graveyard.
The government has decided to upgrade Miani Sahib graveyard on the pattern of the graveyard set up by the Shehr-e-Kamoshan Authority. The facilities like deadbody's bath house, ablution sitting points, parking of vehicles, Janazgah and others would also be upgraded.
These decisions were taken by Deputy Commissioner Sumair Ahmed Syed, DG Strategic Reforms Unit Salman Sufi and Additional Advocate General Umer Farooq after their joint visit to Miani Sahib Graveyard on Wednesday.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Lahore (Revenue) Tahir Farooq and Assistant Commissioner City Abduallah Khurram Niazi were also present there. The DC said upgradation work would soon be started. He also checked anti-dengue arrangements in the graveyard and termed them satisfactory.
Other Information:
This historical
graveyard has existed in Lahore since Shahab ud Din Ghauri's times nearly 450
years ago. During his short rule Sher Shah Soori dedicated 40,000 kanals to it.
It is located in Mozang area of Lahore. It is the largest graveyard of Asia
where every year more than 10,000 people are still buried. "Miani"
word comes from Mian or a very wise and learned person. Many people of my
family, like my paternal grandfather and uncles, are buried here. It is the
final resting place of many famous poets, writers, politicians and celebrities.
You can also see the shrines of Hazrat Sheikh Tahir Bandagi and Ghazi Ilm Din
Shaheed here. Many famous families have booked their graves here and have built
boundaries around their family enclosures. I always feel a strange calmness
after visiting this city of the dead.
5) GORA GRAVEYARD, JAIL ROAD, LAHORE, PUNJAB.
The Haunted Cemetery of Lahore.
Gora Kabristan, the
“White Cemetery,” is a Christian burial ground. There are several cemeteries
known as Gora Kabristan in Lahore. This particular cemetery is located at east
of the intersection of Jail Road and Zafar Ali Road in Gulberg V. Entrance is
on Jail Road.
Christian Graveyard or "Gora Kabristan" is a site which is claimed as a dark and mysterious resting place of the dead. A site that has not only one, but many restless and headless ghosts .This site is claimed to be haunted by many headless ghosts, which appear in the middle of the night and the people of the surroundings avoid using this route at the night.
The headless entities which are spotted here are believed to be of some of the innocent people who died accidental deaths and were called back by using a subcontinent black magic named as chilla which is performed by using a goat head and a cauldron. This type of chilla is supposed to be performed by taking the help of the evil spirits to bring the souls of the deceased back to this earth. This type of Voodoo takes 40 days.
Although, this place has many great as well as innocent personalities buried there, but there are some graves in which, some cases of untimely dead people are buried. The site is quite abandoned, that's why some dark magicians enter there at night and perform magical spells that make the resting souls troubled and they behave in such a way that scares the crap out of some one who try to take the graveyard as a means of shortcut.
Local Ghost Hunters Experiences
When the team of the
local ghost hunters named WKH arrived there at
night, they started hearing strange noises. They continued their investigation.
They found very high emf readings at every point which they investigated. The
keeper of the graveyard told them that there is a well where there are lots
more things happen. So the well was also investigated and there were obvious
signs in the form of orbs or emf readings.
6) A GRAVEYARD IN
KARACHI, SINDH. (DON'T KNOW ITS NAME).
Shab-e-Baraat, observed on the middle of the Islamic
month of Shaban, is widely believed to be a night when believers ask for
forgiveness for wrongs as the fate for upcoming year is re-written during this
night.
In Karachi’s graveyards,
brightly coloured fairy lights were draped across trees and several political and religious groups set up their
camps to help the visitors. The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and Auqaf
department also launched their cleanliness and fumigation drives ahead of
Shab-e-Baraat.
The Watchman at this graveyard, usually stays up the whole night to help families coming in to offer prayers. People usually start heading to the graveyard after the evening prayers and continue to come through the night until Fajr, he recalled. “We have spent three days decorating and lighting up the graveyard for Shab-e- Barat and we do this every year,” the excited watchman told.
Watchman has been working at the graveyard since 1999 but he feels this is one of the activities in the city which is still celebrated with the same enthusiasm. “Everything goes according to routine, we provide car parking and guidance to the visitors, and they recite Quran and Fateha Khawani and put flowers on the graves of their relatives,” watchman explained. “Some people also distribute ‘niaz’ and this goes on through the night until the morning prayers because the graveyard is safe and secure.”
Older residents have, however, seen the celebrations die down over the years. “Things have changed in the past three to five years. The city’s law and order situation has also effected the celebrations and activities of Shab-e-Baraat,” said 55-year-old Fateh Muhammad, whose family has been looking after the city’s largest graveyard, Mewa Shah, for decades.
“People used to stay the whole night inside the graveyard and almost every grave used to be decorated like a shrine with lights but now hardly one forth of them receive visitors and most people leave before dark,” said Mohammad. Unsatisfied with the arrangements made by the Sindh police, he said the police are to blame if people decide to stay home tonight.
There are no arrangements for lighting from the government and no one is crazy enough to come to such an insecure place where you can be robbed by anyone hiding behind a tree, he pointed out.
A very large tree inside
this graveyard exists, where rocks/stones fall over the heads. NOBODY DARE TO
STAND UNDER THIS TREE FOR A WHILE.
The excitement of Shab-e-Baraat was at its peak for Zeenat Zaheer, a resident of PECHS. “I have made daal halwa for the whole family,” she said, excited that she will be following her mother’s recipe for the first time. She plans on waiting for her father and brothers to return from the graveyard before she starts her prayers for the night.
“There has been a new trend that everyone keeps updating their statuses and asking their friends to forgive them,” she pointed out. “It should not be this way that you keep hurting people through the year and ask for forgiveness once a year.”
Not everyone is, however, going out of their way to celebrate Shab-e-Baraat. Yasir Siddiqui, a resident of Gulberg, will follow the same routine as he does any other Monday night. He did say, however, that it was a good thing that people are devoting at least one day to seek forgiveness for their sins.
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