Bhuli Bhatiyari Ka Mahal — Attraction in New Delhi

Not much to see but yeah, may give it a try! Won't disappoint you! Since it's reputation as a HAUNTED PLACE! Go at timing like 4 or 4:30 in evening and that is the perfect time, cuz by when you'll be heading out in an hour, the sky would've started to get dark as and hence giving the place an even more eerie look! Can go with friends here, you'll like it if you like old ruins and weird trees and stuff like that! Actually this is a Hunting Lodge built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq in 14th century. It has its resemblance with another of Feroz Tughlaq’s structure, ‘Malcha Mahal’. The structure is entered by a huge rubble masonry gate, which takes you to a small zone. Another doorway with corbelled arches welcomes you to the huge open square courtyard. On sides, we have rooms, used by people who stayed here during the hunting season. Towards north, it has a semi-circular structure accessed through a plight of stairs. On one corner, we have a modern toilet, which was built by Delhi Tourism in hope to promote this place. But it lies deserted as no govt guard was able to come near this place. We can imagine, that the hunters back in Tughlaq days could have seen the entire ridge from this mini-fortress. On outside, the Lodge has bastions like a fort. The entire plan of this Lodge appears as if this was a safe house of the Emperor during some calamity. ➖HAUNTED REALLY? Personally, I never had any haunting experience at this place. I have been there alone, with family, friends and with huge groups during Photowalks. But perhaps the scaring spirits in this area don’t like me. The closest we went were when we were doing a Photowalk and 2 of our group members decided to drift away from the group. They went deep into jungle and tried to click a white wall that they saw. When they adjusted their cameras, standing next to the wall, they realized that the wall just vanished. They came back running to me and...

When i visited here it was closed as it is considered in most haunted places of Delhi. It was built by tughlaqs. As it's name Bhuli Bhatiyari is not perfect Bhooti Bhatiyari is perfect name for this fort.

You can also visit Bhuli Bhatiyari jungle which is located just near to it. To come here you can get down at Jhandewalan metro station.

If you get scare you can visit later to hanuman temple of Karol Bagh 😅

Someone rightly said: “Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there.” Rings true for most of the places that are haunted. One such place is Bhuli Bhatiyari Ka Mahal at Jhandewalan near Karol Bagh. I had come across several articles, videos and social media posts about the place being haunted. Some said that this place is so spooky, no guard has been able to work here for more than one day. And that screams of women and children as if they were getting beaten up can be heard at this spot. You will find several stories about the place on Internet.

One story says that inside the mahal lives a queen who had died 600 years ago, and that her ghost is seen here at night. Another says a person named Boo Ali Bakhtiyari ruled here, and the place was named after him and later people modified the name to Bhooli Bhatyari for theease of pronunciation. Another says that a woman named Bhuri from the Bhatiyar tribe in Rajasthan, lost her way and reached this palace. One day, Muslim ruler Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq came here.

He was thirsty, so she offered him water and he named the place after her name, and since she had forgotten her way, it was named Bhooli Bhatiyari. When Bhuri died, she possessed this place. But if the historians are to be believed this was built in the 13th century by Tughl aqasa hunting lodge. Bhooli Bhatiyari Ka Mahal is under the Arc h a e o - logical Survey of India and currently...

Karol Bagh, the busy market of Delhi, has a hidden secret. The area is identified by Delhi’s new landmark, the huge Hanuman Statue next to Bagga Link Services. Right behind this Bagga Link, a small serpent road goes deep into the Southern Ridge of Delhi. As you advance few hundred meters on this road, a strange structure on your right will cast a spell on you.



This structure is claimed to be the most haunted place in Delhi. There are no metal gates to be locked. The only thing that guards this massive structure is a note written at entrance, which tells people to not to come near this place after sunset.

I had an unofficial chat with one of the govt employees associated with this place. He told me that no security guard deployed by govt survived his job for more than 2-3 days. He added, “I don’t believe in all this, but there is something suspicious & scary here”.



What is Bhooli Bhatiyari?

Bhooli Bhatiyari (or Bhuli Bhatiyari ka Mahal) is a Hunting Lodge built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq in 14th century. It has its resemblance with another of Feroz Tughlaq’s structure, ‘Malcha Mahal’. The structure is entered by a huge rubble masonry gate, which takes you to a small zone. Another doorway with corbelled arches welcomes you to the huge open square courtyard. On sides, we have rooms, used by people who stayed here during the hunting season. Towards north, it has a semi-circular structure accessed through a plight of stairs. On one corner, we have a modern toilet, which was built by Delhi Tourism in hope to promote this place. But it lies deserted as no govt guard was able to come near this place. We can imagine, that the hunters back in Tughlaq days could have seen the entire ridge from this...