The Mystery of Allahabad's Ancestral Haveli – The Witch in the Well and the Frightening Story
Introduction:
No one knows when the joys of a vacation can turn into nightmares and terrifying realities. Jigar and his wife, Deepa, return to their ancestral mansion for the first time in a long time. The children are captivated by the grand scale of the mansion, but a desolate area hidden behind the mansion—a well covered in bushes—holds a secret that will send shivers down your spine. Were Deepa's scary dreams merely a hallucination, or did a malevolent force truly reside within the mansion? Let's find out in this heartbreaking story...
For the first time, Jigar, along with his wife Deepa and children, goes to his parents' ancestral mansion in a village near Allahabad to spend their holidays. The mansion is very big. The children also enjoyed playing in the mansion because they had never seen such a big house in a city like Mumbai. Deepa was also happy to see the mansion. Her parents had hired two people to take care of the mansion. Jigar and his wife had come to the village many times, but they would come for a day or two, which time was spent in meeting people. This time, for the first time, they have come for a month's vacation. People took good care of the mansion and also took care of Jigar's parents. Jigar's parents worked in the fields, spending their time there. Some days were spent meeting Jigar and his family. One day, the weather was pleasant, so Deepa went to the mansion's roof. From there, she saw the back of the mansion, which was completely deserted and desolate. The gate of that desolate area opened onto a street. It looked as if it had been a park or garden a long time ago. There was also a platform built there. When Deepa looked carefully, she saw a well among the bushes. Deepa was surprised, why such a large area was left desolate? She fell on the well. Why don't they build a nice park in this place? Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and Deepa's scarf fell on the well. This would provide a good place for people to sit and walk. After some time, it started raining. Deepa goes down to her room. It rains continuously for three days. Deepa's room starts leaking in the rain, and Jigar's father is surprised. "We had the mansion repaired a few days ago. Then how did it start leaking so soon?" Papa says, "You should move to another room. We'll get this room repaired after the rain stops." Deepa changes her room. The wall of her room and the wall of that desolate place were the same. The weather was bad at night, and lightning was flashing. Papa heard noises coming from the wall in the middle of the night, as if someone was trying to break it. Deepa, frightened, wakes Jigar up. But Jigar hears no sound. He tells Deepa, "You must be scared when there's lightning. It must be the sound of lightning." And then the sound stops. Deepa thinks it must be a dream or an illusion. And Deepa goes to sleep. She kept hearing noises behind that wall. But whenever she told anyone else, the noises would stop. A few days later, Deepa was sleeping alone in that room. Jigar had gone to Allahabad to buy some goods. And when his car broke down, he stayed there. That same night, Deepa saw a face emerge from within the wall, and it came over her, giving her a strange smile. His face was right next to hers. Deepa wanted to scream loudly, but her voice was drenched in it. Despite her best efforts, she couldn't move her arms and legs. She was drenched in sweat. The face kept coming closer and closer to hers, and Deepa's heart began to race. As soon as the face finally rested on hers, Deepa, frightened and with all her might, screamed and fainted. Hearing her scream, her in-laws came in. They went inside and saw Deepa unconscious. Deepa's father-in-law quickly called a doctor. The doctor didn't detect any illness in her. He said she might have had a dream and gotten scared. Deepa's mother-in-law fell asleep next to her. When she regained consciousness, she had a high fever and her eyes were red. Deepa's mother-in-law was shocked. When she saw a doctor that night, the doctor declared her perfectly fine. Then how did this fever suddenly become so high? Jigar also came back in the morning. He asks his mother, mother, what happened to Deepa suddenly? Mother tells him that I heard her scream at night.When I went into her room, she was unconscious. We called the doctor. The doctor said, "I can't see any illness. She has a very high fever now, and her eyes are red." The doctor examined her and prescribed medicine. After Jigar's arrival, Mother went to prepare something for Deepa, while Jigar remained sitting beside her. Jigar asked Deepa what happened last night. Deepa became frightened at the mention of night. The fear was clearly visible in her eyes. He hugged her and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm with you." Deepa began to explain, "Last night, I had a very scary dream. A face emerged from the wall, and its smile was so terrifying that it was frightening to see it. It was moving towards me. I wanted to scream, but my voice was muffled. I couldn't even move my arms and legs. The face came right next to mine, and I screamed. I don't know what happened after that. Deepa started shaking with fear as she explained it, and her fever also increased." Jigar is horrified to see Deepa's condition. He calls the doctor. The doctor says, "She'll have to be admitted to one of these hospitals or another in the city. I can't understand why she's running such a high fever." Jigar immediately takes her to the hospital. She remains under the doctors' care all day. After nightfall, Jigar falls asleep. Suddenly, Deepa's bed starts shaking. Deepa removes the needle from her arm. She pushes Jigar away and runs. Jigar follows her, but she's nowhere to be seen. He searches for Deepa all night. Jigar goes looking for her and meets with an accident, and Deepa is sitting beside him, crying. Hearing Deepa's cries, Jigar comes to her. She is, of course, happy and surprised to see Jigar beside her. Deepa, unable to understand what's happening to her, is crying. Jigar asks her why she was crying. Deepa says, I had a very bad dream, you had an accident and you died. Jigar says it was a dream, not reality. Deepa says everything was like this in my dream. My son suddenly starts playing, you come to me and I run away from here, you run after me to catch me and a car hits you. Seeing you lying on the road, I come to you, put your head in my lap and start crying because at that time you were dead. Within two-three days, Deepa gets completely well and they return to the mansion. Jigar tells everything to his mother and father. How Deepa gets scary dreams. Jigar's father meets a Tantrik Baba. They tell him everything about Deepa's activities. How she gets scary dreams, he does not see any difference between reality and dreams. The Tantrik Baba investigates their entire mansion and finally he sees a deserted area where a well was covered with bushes. Baba asks Jigar's father what is there here? Papa says, I was very young. It was then. There is a witch in this well. Whoever goes near it, she pulls him towards the well.Two-three people have died here before. And then some people closed this well by doing puja mantras and also stopped coming here. Baba starts going towards that well. But Jigar's father stops her. It is very dangerous, if you go there it might kill you too. Tantrik Baba tries to know its secret by using his powers. And finds out why Deepa became its victim? Right now it is just a state of confusion. Right now only dreams are troubling Deepa, what will happen when the witch will really show her effect? He asks did anyone go here? Father says yes and says no one has gone here for 50 years. Tantrik Baba says this cannot happen. Someone has gone and that is why this witch is spreading her illusion on your daughter-in-law. Then Baba's eyes fall on a cloth lying there. Which was new. You are saying that no one has been there for 50 years or whose cloth is this? Jigar recognizes that cloth, it is Deepa's scarf. Baba says that she is troubling Deepa through this cloth only. Baba says we have to finish her off very quickly otherwise she will call Deepa also. And we will not be able to save her. We will start our puja tomorrow morning itself. We still have to spend this night. You should take good care of Deepa and do not let her go anywhere. If possible, keep her locked in the room. No matter what she says, you should not open even one room. As per Baba's instructions, they lock Deepa in a room. At night, Deepa calls out, "Jigar, open the gate, I want to come out." But no one opens the gate. Deepa starts banging the gate loudly. But no one makes any difference. Deepa sits quietly for some time. Then she gets up and hits the bed against the wall. Jigar keeps watching all this from the window. Deepa tries to break the wall with a stick. Her hands get badly injured. Blood starts dripping from her hands. Jigar is about to open the gate but his parents stop him.Finally, Deepa makes a hole in the wall and listens for the sound. She gives a terrifying smile. She wasn't worried about her hands, which were badly injured and were constantly bleeding. She sees and hears the hole in the wall. After a while, a Tantrik Baba also arrives, because Jigar's father sent his servant to call the Tantrik Baba. The Tantrik Baba sees all this and says, "Even a wall can break. We must stop her quickly. If she goes near the well, we won't be able to do anything." The Tantrik Baba throws the power obtained through his powers into the room, causing Deepa to move away from the wall. The Tantrik Baba ties Deepa with a chain and takes her to the well to perform a puja. He picks up Deepa's scarf from there and burns it in the havan kund. The Tantrik Baba captures the spirit. He asks, "Why did you choose Deepa?" The spirit replies, "I am not a witch. My husband wanted to marry someone else. When I tried to stop him, he declared me a witch in front of the entire village and even said that I threw my son into the well. And those villagers pushed me into the well too. They killed the people who were responsible for my death. One of them even killed my son. My husband became so obsessed with that woman that he killed me and my son. When Deepa's scarf fell near me, its scent carried me to his brain. I wanted to get out of the well and take revenge on the villagers, but you came in the way." Deepa faints as soon as the spirit is captured. After some time Deepa may come to know about it. She sees bandages on her hands and asks what happened to my hands? She does not remember anything about what happened to her. Kar also does not tell her anything. Then he says you had a scary dream, do you remember that. Deepa says yes, I nods. He says when we were going to the hospital, hot tea fell on your hands. That is why I have bandaged them. The grandparents should have sent Jigar's child to another house earlier. The children stay there for 2 days. When everything gets fine, the children come back. Deepa also gets completely fine, they finish their holidays and go to Mumbai. They enjoy a lot in the mansion because Deepa and the children were not aware of this scary accident. Deepa had forgotten everything.
F.A.Q:-
Q1. Is this story based on a true incident?
A1. This is a fictional horror story written for entertainment and thrill.
Q2. Why did Deepa always have scary dreams?
A2. The spirit of the deceased in the well behind the mansion had connected with her through her scarf and was controlling her mind.
Q3. How did the Tantrik Baba stop this spirit?
A3. He destroyed the scarf through special mantras and havan and imprisoned the spirit.
Q4. Who was the spirit really?
A4. She was not a witch but an innocent woman who was tricked into killing her by pushing her into the well.
Q5. Did Deepa forget everything in the end?
A5. Yes, she has no memory of the horrific events that happened to her, and her family hides this truth from her.