10 Mysterious Places In India That Will Blow Your Mind

India is a land of exotic cultures. Some very interesting places in the country contribute heavily to the mysterious tenor of the country with their very own unsolved mysteries that will blow your mind. Here is a list of 10 places in India where the laws of physics, rules of science and nature all forego themselves to create inexplicable and fantastic mysteries.

The Shah Wilayat Dargah at Amroha

The shrine of Dada Shah Wilayat in Amroha is a very popular religious place in India. The shrine is famous for its culture of deadly black scorpions. However, the mystery of the place is that even if these are highly venomous creatures they have never attacked any devotee even when they are handled closely or even taken back home for a short period.

The Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur

The Birhadesswarar temple in Thanjavur is a unique architectural masterpiece of South India. It was constructed almost a 1000 years ago during the reign of Raja Chola I. the temple is a massive structure of over 216 feet tall and fully constructed with interlocking Granite stones. The mysterious thing about the temple is that no binding material was used for the construction and yet the temple has withstood every natural disaster for the past 1000 years without a scratch.

The Vittala Temple at Hampi

The musical pillars of the Vittala temple at Hampi are extremely popular for their mysterious ability to emit varying degrees of musical sounds depending on the type of musical instrument engraved on them. Even when the British cut down two of these pillars, they could not find any musical instrument within that justifies this occurrence.

Jwala Ji Temple at Kangra district

The Jwala Ji temple in Himachal Pradesh is famous for the 7-9 live flames inside the central shrine of the temple that have been lit for hundreds of years without any artificial efforts. These flames are considered the representations of Ma Durga.

The Stambheshwar Mahadev at Gujarat

Located around 40 miles from the coast of Vadodara in a small town called Kavi Kamboi, this temple is literally in the middle of the Arabian Sea. It was constructed around 150 years ago and since then the Shiva linga in the temple is only visible during the low tide hours of the day. High tide completely submerges the linga.

The Temple of Rats or Karni Mata Temple at Rajasthan

This temple is situated about 30 Kms from the city of Bikaner in Rajasthan. The temple houses about 20000 black rats that are cared for, protected, and fed in the temple.

The Kamar Ali Darvesh Dargah at Pune

The shrine belongs to the saint Kamar Ali Darvesh. There is a flying rock in the shrine, which weighs about 70 kgs but can only be lifted by 11 fingertips with the people shouting the name of Hazrat Kamar Ali Darvesh. Any number more or less than this will be unable to lift the rock.

The Yaganti temple in Andhra Pradesh

The Nandi Idol in the Yaganti temple in Andhra Pradesh is a unique mystery. The idol seems to be growing 1 inch every 20 years. The Pushkarni or a small pond feature within the temple is also a mystery where water flows from the bottom of the surrounding hills throughout the year.

The Amb Sahib Gurudwara in Punjab

The Gurudwara is situated in Mohali and Guru Har Rai (seventh Sikh Guru) has visited this holy shrine during 1659. However, the mystery of the place is a very old mango tree, which is laden with fruit throughout the year.

The Veerbhadra Temple in Andhra Pradesh

The VeerBhadra temple is located at Lepakshi in the Anantapur district. The temple has a hanging pillar amongst the 70 odd pillars that support the temple structure. You can swipe a piece of cloth or paper under the hanging pillar and it is said to bring peace and prosperity.