Mysterious

Lakkidi gateway  is located in the Wayanad district of Kerala,  Lakkidi Gateway  is the shortest route to cross over the Thamarassery pass. However, the discovery of this route is what has turned the gateway into one of the most haunted places in Kerala.It is said that in colonial times, a British engineer took help from a person named Karinthandan to find  Lakkidi  and in order to attain the credit for finding the way himself, he killed Karinthandan. Later, many travelers passing the new route reported the wandering of the soul of Karinthandan. A priest was called and exorcism was performed to chain the doleful spirit to a tree. Amazingly, the chain has grown with the tree which people believe to be the soul that has not freed till now. Trespassers have witnessed the frightening shrieks and scream at night.

Located along the Arabian Sea, Dumas Beach is considered one of the most haunted places in Gujarat. The beach is renowned for two things, one for its black sand and others for being haunted! It is said that Dumas Beach was once used as a Hindu burial ground and hence is possessed by several haunting spirits that never left the region. Folklore explains that the existence of black sand is because of the amount of ash created by burning the dead which got mixed with white sand of the beach and turned dark in shade.

The Pinnacles Desert The Pinnacles Desert is deep within the Nambung National Park, in Western Australia. It is an other worldly landscape with thousands of jagged Limestone pillars piercing the desert sands, some over five meters tall. The Pinnacles are an ever changing spectacle with desert and coastal winds moving sand dunes, constantly rearranging the face of this incredible site. Smaller pinnacles disappear, buried under the sand, only to re-emerge days later as the winds change direction. In 1650 when the Dutch explored this part of Western Australia, they thought at first that these incredible spires were the remains of a lost ancient city! There are many myths about this sacred place and it was said that Aboriginal people avoid the Pinnacles as they thought the standing stones were fossilised ghosts. According to an Aboriginal legend, in ancient times some young men used to walk along a desert path to this sacred place reserved for women. The gods, to punish them, b...

Whenever we think about to see the desert, only the name of Rajasthan comes to mind. Although not the entire RajasTalkeds desert, but sand and desert can be seen in Jaisalmer. Well, we are going to talk today about the Desert of Karnataka. You will find a little strange by reading but in Karnataka, there is a place which is completely desert which is knon as Talakadu. You will see there only sand on each side. Talakadu is a desert-like town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km from Mysore and 133 km from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It is said that this happened during the rule of Wodeyar dynasty due to a natural calamity, but local stories and myths say something else. The Wodeyar dynasty ruled over the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947. It is the only royal family of India who has ruled a stat for more than 500 years. The rule of this royal family was over 5 centuries, which had 25 kings. There is a story among the people that due to the curse of Rani ...

What is a black hole? Don't let the name fool you: a black hole is anything but empty space. Rather, it is a great amount of matter packed into a very small area - think of a star ten times more massive than the Sun squeezed into a sphere approximately the diameter of New York City. The result is a gravitational field so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. In recent years, NASA instruments have painted a new picture of these strange objects that are, to many, the most fascinating objects in space. The idea of an object in space so massive and dense that light could not escape it has been around for centuries. Most famously, black holes were predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, which showed that when a massive star dies, it leaves behind a small, dense remnant core. If the core's mass is more than about three times the mass of the Sun, the equations showed, the force of gravity overwhelms all other forces and produces a black hole. T...

Padmanabhaswamy Temple Sri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple is located in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city of Kerala State, South India. This famous temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. A seven-tier Gopuram (about 100 feet tall) and Padma Theertha, the holy tank outside, offer an elegant look to the shrine. The 25-foot-broad corridor with 324 pillars leads one to the sanctum. The pillars are exquisitely carved with figures of beautiful young girls bearing Deepas (lamp) in their hands. This corridor was once used for daily feeding of devotees. This is now being utilised for conducting religious programmes. An 80-foot-tall golden flagstaff adorns the shrine. The Kulashekara Mandapam and Navaratri Mandapam are fine examples of wonderful Dravidian architecture. The Kulashekara Mandapam contains 24 pillars of eye-catching sculptures and four musical pillars. Noteworthy among the sculptures are scenes from Ramayana, Lord Krishna with flute in hand playing around with Gopikas, Hi...