There are a number of places in India that have some unexplainable stories and features attached to them. Volunteering India brings you a list of 10 such intriguing and enigmatic places to discover while on a volunteering trip to India.

1. Explore These 10 Enigmatic Places
While Volunteering in India

2. India is known for its cultural beauty and enigmatic history. There are a number of places in India that
have some unexplainable stories and features attached to them. While some showcase amazing
architectural brilliance and grandeur, there are few places that sustains some natural phenomenon
that even experts are finding hard to define. Volunteering India brings you a list of 10 such intriguing
and enigmatic places to discover while on a volunteering trip to India.

3. 1. Kumbhalgarh Fort
“The GreatWall of India”
This is the longest wall in the world after
the “GreatWall of China”. Built in the 15th
century in the Rajsamand district of
Rajasthan, the wall of this fort stretch up
to 36kms; justifying its invincibility.The
fort is constructed at 3600ft. above sea
level at the hilltop on the Aravalli range.

4. 2. Karni Mata Mandir
Rajasthan
At around 30kms from the city of Bikaner, is this
intriguingly beautiful temple of Goddess Karni;
also known as the temple of rats.Yes!You read
that right.The temple is a house to almost
20,000 black rats that are considered to be holy
and given high regards by the visitors.The entire
premises is filled with these rats, yet nothing in
the temple is contagious, neither will you feel
any kind of unhygienic condition there.

5. 3. Malana
Himachal Pradesh
Considered to be one of the oldest democracies
in the world, Malana is a small village located in
amidst the lush green valley of Parvati.The
people here consider themselves superior to
anyone from outside the village, as them being
the descendant of Alexander the Great, and
belong to theAryan race.The village has its own
council and does not follow the Indian judiciary.
Volunteers under Delhi or Palampur projects can visit this interesting village over any of the weekends.

6. 4. The Great BanayanTree
Kolkata
When you visit the AcharyaJagadishChandra
Bose Indian BotanicGarden, Howrah, near
Kolkata, what will get your attention at the first is
this set of around 3600 aerial roots that appears
to be individual trees.The tree is around 250
years old and is said to be the widest spread
banyan tree in India; probably the world too.

7. 5. Magnetic Hill
Laddakh
What, according to you, should happen when you
turn the engine of your vehicle off while traveling up
on a steep road? Moving in backwards direction!?
Guess what, there is place in India where vehicles
actually move ahead even with engines off on an
upward hill road. On the Leh-Kargil-Srinagar
highway, some 30kms from Leh at a height of 11000
feet is a section of road where you can experience
this magnetic pull effect.

8. 6. Floating Stones
Rameshwaram
At the tip of the southern region of India is the
island district of Rameshwaram, also considered
to be the place from where Lord Ram started
building the RamSetu (or theAdam’s Bridge).
Witnesses speak about the presence of the
floating stones that were used to made the
bridge with the name of Lord Ram still inscribed
over them, in the Ramanathaswamy temple.
Volunteers working under the South India projects can choose any of the free weekends to give a visit to this place.

9. 7. Levitating Stone of
Shivapur,
Maharashtra
In a small village of Shivapur, in the Pune district
of Maharashtra state resides another “unsolved
mystery”.At one of the shrines, that belongs to a
sufi saint named Qamar Ali, stands a 200Kgs
heavy stone.This stone is said to levitate in the
air for hours when touched by 11 people from
their fingers while shouting the name of the Sufi
saint.

10. 8. Mysterious Sound of Ganga
– Brahmaputra Delta
West Bengal
Also known as the Ganges Delta, in theWest
Bengal region of India one can hear some
mysterious sounds akin to the boom of a
supersonic jet or an airplane.The occurrence of
these sounds have been recorded as old as a
century back. Researchers are said to believe this
phenomenon to occur due to the presence of
magnetic field in high pressure air, but are still
not sure on this theory.

11. 9. Hanging Pillar
Andhra Pradesh
In the village of Lepakshi, some 110kms from the
city of Bengaluru, is one mystical wonder of India
that is a must visit by all. Considered to be the
gem of a work of ancient engineering and
architecture, there is a pillar in the temple of
Lepakshi, which does not rest on the ground fully
and one can pass thin objects underneath it to
confirm.

12. 10. Door-less houses
Shani Shignapur
Another village in the state of Maharashtra,
Shani Shignapur, is considered to be a theft-free
village.The interesting part about the village is
that there are no doors or locks to any house or
shops in the village; not even at the only bank in
the village.The natives to this village consider
the temple of Lord Shani to be a “live temple”
and believe that theGod is protecting them and
their belongings.

13. Most of these places are located in close
vicinity to the destinations where
Volunteering India programs are
conducted, providing an open window to
make your weekend excursions more
exciting. And while, these are just the 10
to mention, the country is filled with such
enigmatic places all over.

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