Delhi Cantonment (Cantt) - Haunted Sightings & Ghostly Encounters

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Haunted Destinations in India! You’ll find loads of them; even our National Capital has not been spared. Yes, there are many haunted places in Delhi. Many true Indian ghost stories have been acknowledged here and one of them is in the Delhi Cantonment. Delhi Cantonment popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt is one of the three statutory towns that make up the National Capital Territory of Delhi.These cantonments were originally established by the British Indian Army. With few strange incidences and bizarre events, this has become one of the most eerie places in Delhi. So here goes this real Indian ghost story.

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Delhi Cantt area is full of green lush trees and haunted forests. It is reported that this place is haunted by a vengeful spirit of the lady clad in white sari asking for lift from the motorists. If people don’t stop their vehicle, she starts running swiftly with the same speed and reaching ahead of them. Some people claim that possibly the lady was a traveller while alive; hence she waves at lonely passersby to stop. There is another true Indian ghost story which says that a woman in white dress roams around the Ashok Vihar flyover between 1am and 4am. Anyone who passes by at that hour, and stops to ask her for directions, will not find their way home that night. Their vehicles break down or they go around in circles. She is also been spotted under a fig tree in Dwarka Sector 9 and in Andheria (Mor) Modh, where call-centre employees and their cab drivers are strictly advised against pulling over to have a chat. Sometimes, she appears in the middle of the road, only to disappear under the wheels. 

Hold on! Do these white-saree-woman stories seem to be heard somewhere? Ain’t this the Bollywood’s foray into the empire of horror. Ain’t this a kick-off to the genre of Indian horror movies? Remember ‘Bees SaalBaad’, released in 1988, in which Dimple Kapadia stops the traffic as a vengeful ghost? There are many more….. 

The white-sari-clad spirit is an old cliché! Such stories of Indian female ghosts have being coming from ages as if wanting to increase the number of haunted destinations in Delhi. On one hand, a female Indian ghost wearing white sari gliding around with a candle is a popular sighting in many parts of Delhi while on the other hand; cynics refute the eyewitness’justification of all ghost sightings. They believe the limitations of human perception and mundane explanations can account for such sightings. However, it is difficult to believe how the limitations of human perception could happen to more than a dozen people. Keeping aside the facts of the matter, these stories and incidences are proving to be another reason for ghost hunters to visit these haunted destinations in India. In addition, these Indian ghost stories have also been cooked, boiled and fried by different media and guess what!It is very well received by their target market.News Media, Ghost hunters, Critics, Eyewitnesses and of course the name – Delhi, they all combine to brand  as the top haunted places in India.