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Ghosts in Bengali culture. The depiction of a Rakkhoshi queen at the king's palace, an illustration from the classic Bengali folk-lore collection Thakurmar Jhuli (1907) by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder. Ghosts are an important and integral part of the folklore of the socio-cultural fabric of the geographical and ethno-linguistic region of ...
A bhoota (Sanskrit: भूत, bhūta) is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. [1] Interpretations of how bhootas come into existence vary by region and community, but they are usually considered to be perturbed and restless due to ...
The churel is known as the Pichal Peri in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, Petni/Shakchunni in the Bengal region, and Pontianak in Malaysia and Indonesia. The word "churel" is also often used colloquially or mistakenly for a witch in India and Pakistan. [ 2 ] Churel have remained prevalent in modern-day literature, cinema, television ...
Lal Bangla of Raipur is an abandoned villa near Serikhedi Interchange of Naya Raipur. It is regarded as the most haunted place in Raipur. It is regarded as the most haunted place in Raipur. Local legends say that a doctor and his daughter residing in the house witnessed an evil spirit during a total lunar eclipse in 1994, during which the ...
Byangoma (feminine Byangomi) are legendary birds of Bengali mythology, appearing most notably in the fairytales of Thakurmar Jhuli, where they are portrayed as wise, fortune-telling birds that help the deserving. Gandabherunda (also known as the Bherunda) is a two-headed mythological bird of Hindu beliefs thought to possess magical strength.
The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the nation of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit. [citation needed] Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of the ...
Several English translations exist, based on Sanskrit recensions and on Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and Marathi versions. [5] Probably the best-known English version is that of Sir Richard Francis Burton which is, however, not a translation but a very free adaptation.
Bhooter Bhabishyat. Bhooter Bhabishyat (ভূতের ভবিষ্যৎ English: Future of the past or future of ghost) is a 2012 Indian Bengali ghost comedy film directed by Anik Dutta. The film became one of the biggest hits of 2012 among the Bengali films. [2] It is a film with a supernatural element. [3] It is the directorial debut of ...