More Incredible, But Unexplainable Facts About India Because There Is So Much Mystery To This Nation

Some things in life do not have answers. You cannot tell why certain things happen. Perhaps, these parts of life are best left that way - unanswered. Maybe the answers come later, when they are meant to be found.

India, too, has its fair share of mysteries, like the many mysteries of life. There are phenomenon that you just cannot explain, which will have you wondering about them for days on end. Here is a list of some such unexplained mysteries in India.

1. Death Of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

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Even after decades, the death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose remains an unresolved mystery. After the plane that he was on crashed in Taihoku, Taipie, in 1945, many are of the opinion that he died of third-degree burns as a result of the plane crash, while others believe that it was just a ploy to assist Netaji in getting underground and escape to USSR. There is yet another set of people who believe that he died in a Soviet jail, years after the alleged crash in Taiwan, and that the then Indian ambassador to Russia, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, was permitted to meet him in some undisclosed place in the Soviet Union.

Many official endeavors have been made to find the truth, but not much has been achieved.

2. The UFO base at Kongka La Pass

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A disputed, no-man’s-land between the India- China borders, The Kongka La Pass, is chiefly known for the UFO activities in the area. Also called the UFO base, this area is watched over by both the countries, but neither patrols or occupies it. With almost no human interference, many UFOs are believed to be visiting the area quite frequently.

Many people have claimed to have spotted gigantic flying saucers disappearing in the ground in the area. It is widely believed that the aliens have made an underground base here, and that many UFOs are hidden underground along the pass! Though unconfirmed, it’s alleged that the governments of both the countries are well aware of the alien activities taking place in this region

3. Taj Mahal Or Tejo Mahalaya

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India's wonder in white marble, Taj Mahal, is often spoken of as the epitome of love immortalized by Shahjahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz. However, is that really the case? Renowned historian P.N. Oak states that the Taj was not built by the emperor Shah Jahan, but that it is in reality a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, Tejo Mahalaya, and that the emperor usurped it from the then king of Jaipur, Raja Jai Singh. What's more, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York has revealed that the riverside doors of the Taj date back some 300 years before Shahjahan’s reign!

Oak maintains that there are many rooms in Taj Mahal which remained sealed during Shah Jahan’s time, and still remain inaccessible to the general public. In these rooms are a headless statue of Lord Shiva and some other objects commonly used for worshipping Indian gods.

4. The Immortals Of The Himalayas

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If rumors are to be believed, somewhere in the Himalayas exists a mysterious city which is inhabited by equally mysterious immortal beings. The city is called Gyanganj, and it is so well camouflaged within a different plane of reality that not even the most modern mapping devices could succeed in discovering it.

The immortals beings remain aloof from the outside world, though they are said to influence the world's happenings in many subtle ways. Many accomplished saadhus and enlightened ones claim to have visited Gyanganj, but the truth still remains veiled in the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas.

5. Kuldhara - The Village Cursed for Eternity

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The village of Kuldhara was once inhabited by not less than 1500 residents. One dark night, they simply disappeared from the scene, with no trace left behind. It is believed that the inhabitants neither died, nor were they abducted…they simply left. The real reason behind this decision is unknown till date, but folklore offers many possible answers. Some say that it was a decision by the village chief to protect their women from an evil landlord, while others say they left to evade heavy taxation from the authorities. It is also believed that while leaving the village, the villagers cursed the village for eternity, as a result of which Kuldhara remains deserted even after 500 years of the mass evacuation.

6. Roopkund – The Skeleton Lake

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Amidst the rock-strewn glaciers and snowy peaks of Uttarakhand lies a mysterious lake in which hundreds of human skeletal remains are visible at the bottom when the snow melts! The said glacial lake is called Roopkund, lying at an altitude of 5,029 mt. in Uttarakhand, the Indian state of picturesque landscapes. Though many attempts have been made to explain the existence of these skeletons, the mystery has not been solved entirely yet.

Regional lore has it that these remains are from to 9^th century CE, and that they belong to the king of Kannauj and his pregnant wife, as well as hundreds of attendants of theirs. Some people believe that these remains belong to Japanese soldiers who died of exposure at the spot, while others believe that they belong to several groups of people from different parts of the country who were doomed to death! Where were these people heading to and what they were doing in such inhospitable terrain remains questions to be answered.

7. The Mysterious Prahlad Jani

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Prahlad Jani is an Indian saadhu and an ardent believer of Goddess Amba. It is believed that he has not had a single morsel of grain or a drop of water since 1940, but is still hale and hearty. He claims that Maa Amba sustains him in the form of liquid in his body, which has kept him alive all these years. Till date, he has been examined twice by experts, and been made to stay in a sealed room for 10 days with just 100 ml of water per day. The experts have been surprised at the results - Jani was perfectly healthy and active even after 10 days of fasting. Though his weight had gone down slightly, he hadn't urinated or defecated. The most shocking observation was that he did have some liquid in his bladder! What that liquid it was and how he survives without food or water till date remains a mystery.

8. The Sonic Boom Of Jodhpur

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A sudden, deafening sound startled the people of Jodhpur on the morning of 18^thDecember, 2012. The sound was loud enough for the locals to believe that an explosion had occurred but, as it turned out, no explosion had happened even in the neighboring areas, let alone in Jodhpur city! On being contacted, the army denied any ammunition accident in the area. There was no aircraft flying over the city at that time with sound-breaking speed, either.

What, then, was the cause behind that inexplicable sonic boom in Jodhpur? Scientists are yet to find an answer to it.

9. The City of Twins - Kodinhi

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On an average, out of every 1000 births in India, only four babies are twins, statistics tells us. However, in a far-flung village of Kerala, called Kodinhi, 45% of every 1000 births are twins! Mysterious, isn’t it?

The village of Kodinhi has close to 2000 residents, of which 250 are officially registered sets of twins. Unofficial figures say that there as many as 400 sets of twins in the area. The number of twins born in the village is increasing every year. Experts are yet to find a satisfactory reason for this unusual phenomenon!

10. Shanti Devi - A Reincarnation?

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In 1934, a bizarre case shocked India, when a four-year-old girl claimed that she was, in fact, a woman named Lugdi who had died many years ago while giving birth to her son! On being asked, she furnished exact details of her ‘real’ house, family, and her husband who owned a cloth shop in Mathura. Her parents at first rubbished it all, but over time, they got quite worried when she repeatedly narrated a number of incidents from her previous life. She told them that she was not living in her real home and that she must return to her husband and son soon.

She called herself Chaubine (wife of Chaube), and also mentioned that her husband had a large wart on his right cheek and was very fair. She was later taken to Mathura, where she led her parents to the house she was married in. Once there, she surprised everyone by recognizing her husband in the first instant. On being asked if she could tell something else besides being his wife, ‘Lugdi’ gave the minutest details of her delivery and how her ill health led to her tragic death! Throughout her lifetime, many scientists and experts tried to researched memories of her past life. Some were convinced, some were not, but none could prove her a fake!

11. Baba Harbhajan Singh - The Sepoy- Saint

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He is worshipped as a saint, and the Indian Army treats him as a soldier who never died! We are talking of Baba Harbhajan Singh, who is believed to grant wishes and safeguard the lives of the soldiers posted in and around the shrine dedicated to him, on the road in between the Nathu La and Jelep La Pass, approximately 64 km from Gangtok.

Local legend says that Sepoy Harbhajan Singh of the 23^rd Punjab Regiment went missing some 35 years back. A manhunt was initiated, and his body was found after three days of extensive combing of the area. It is said that the spirit of the man, Baba, himself led his fellow soldiers to his body. Soon after, the soldiers in the regiment started reporting of Baba appearing in their dreams and directing them to make a shrine in his memory. Asamadhi was raised in his name, soon. It is believed that till date, Baba visits the shrine every night, dons his uniform, and performs his rounds! The army venerates him as a sepoy-saint who, until retired recently, was dully adorned with ranks and granted leaves every year! Is he a sepoy or a saint or both? That still remains to be found.

12. Jatinga - Where Birds Commit Suicide

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Assam, well known for its unspoiled natural beauty and substantial biodiversity, is famed for a phenomenon that boggles one’s mind, too. This phenomenon is a mysterious one, of birds committing mass suicides in a small, unnoticeable village called Jatinga. Every year, late in the monsoons, hundreds of birds migrate to this place to commit suicide en masse, every single night!

The tribals believe there are evil spirits at play in the region, while ornithologists claim that the 'suicides' take place due to dense monsoon fog and high altitudes, the birds get dazed. When these dazed birds try to find their way, they get attracted by the lights in the village houses, get hit by the buildings and trees, leading to serious injuries and even deaths. That said, there are no clear answers to questions like why these birds fly in the night and why they get trapped in the same place every year. Can Assam, roughly shaped like a soaring bird, anything to do with these suicides? Nobody knows.

13. Yeti - The Abominable Snow Man

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The villagers residing in the Himalayas often speak in hushed voices about a towering, fur-covered creature that is half man and half ape - The Yeti. In local parlance, the creature is called ‘Migoi’ or ‘Meh–teh’ meaning 'wild man of the snows'.

Not only the villagers, but many others have reported encountering the elusive giant, who appears from nowhere only to vanish somewhere in the snow! Apparently, he has such a foul smell that induces one to nauseate almost at once. The Yeti is often depicted as the God Of Hunting, and appears in totems in temples and villages, holding a stone weapon to slay whoever dares to enter its domain. Known to be an important part of religious rites in the pre-Buddhist era, the Yeti appears to be a menacing ape-human hybrid, who roams around the perilous mountain ranges of Nepal and Tibet. Many known names in mountaineering, including Sir Edmund Hillary, have reported seeing weirdly large footprints on the mountains, way too large to belong to a human being. Whether the Yeti is folklore or a real species is something that, till date, remains unclear.

14. The Pillar That Has Been Hanging For Centuries

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Another riddle that boggles the human mind is the ‘hanging pillar’ in the 16^th-century temple of Lepakshi in Anantpura, Andhra Pradesh. As many as 70 pillars have been supporting the weight of the temple for centuries now, but amongst these is one pillar that does not touch the ground at all! The said pillar just ‘hangs’ from the rooftop! Yes, you read that correctly; the pillar actually hovers in the air a few inches above the ground. A thin piece of paper or a cloth can even be passed from under the pillar, indicating that it is not touching the floor at all.

A regal tribute to the genius of temple builders of medieval India, Lepakshi creates questions in the onlookers' minds, like how the pillar stands at all and why this particular pillar was chosen to stay in the air. These unsolved riddles have baffled people through the centuries!

15. Was Shivkar Talpade the first person to fly an aircraft?

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In the year 1895, a full eight years before the Wright brothers flew the first aircraft, it is believed that an unmanned aircraft touched the sky at a height of more than 1500 feet, at a speed of 40,000 km per hour! The aircraft, rightly named ‘Marutsakha’ (meaning ‘friend of the winds’) was the creation of an Indian scholar, Sri Shivkar Bapuji Talpade. The unprecedented event took place on the crowded Chowpatty beach of Mumbai, and was attended by people like Mahadeva Govinda Ranade and H.H.Sayaji Gaekwad. Though Marutsakha could not operate to its full limits due to technical reasons, it was still able to sustain flight for several minutes before falling down to earth.

In the absence of reliable documents, it has not been possible to confirm whether Talpade was the first man to fly an unmanned craft, well before the Wright brothers. At the same time, it is not an event that can just be dismissed, either!

Here are some more mysteries that have baffled us in the past. 

Which of these mysteries fascinates you the most? Do you know of any other events that can make it to this list? Do let us know in the comments!