点评:The late 16th century hill fort of Bhangarh was constructed under the aegis of Raja Bhagwant Singh of Amber, father to Man Singh (who was one of Akbar’s ‘nauratna’ or ‘nine gems’). After the death of Bhagwant Singh, the fort passed into the possession of his son Madho Singh (who also went on to serve as a courtier at Akbar’s court). The fort once sprawled over a large area, approached through three rows of fortifications, with successive gates leading deeper and deeper into the fort.
Tickets (Rs 20 per adult Indian; children go free) have to be bought at the ticket counter, after which you walk between rows of ruined colonnades, possibly once the marketplaces of the fort. Further on, the space opens out, with the main palace (originally a seven-storeyed structure) rising high up at the far end, with the hillside behind it and ramparts climbing the hill to watchtowers situated atop. At the levels below the palace are several temples, including a couple of carved stone ones: we visited the Gopinath Temple, the one closest to the gate.
Bhangarh’s claim to fame is that it’s believed to be India’s most haunted place: people say that after nightfall, the fort gets all spooky, with the sounds of weird music, crying children, jangling bangles, and more. There are two local stories, too, tied to curses, that attempt to explain the background of these hauntings. One has it that Bhagwant Singh was cursed by a local sage on whose hut the shadow of the fort fell, much to his displeasure; another story revolves around a beautiful princess who was cursed by a sorcerer whose professions of love she had spurned.
We arrived here at about 4 PM, just an hour before the fort closes. It was very busy, with lots of tourists all over the place. The palace is in pretty bad condition, with crumbling walls everywhere, though the gates and the ramps leading up have obviously been newly done. The signage is very bad: except for a general bit of information about the fort as a whole, there’s nothing else. Guides are available, but we decided not to hire one. The palace is the main attraction; the other structures (like the two largest temples in the fort, Someshwar and Gopinath) seem to be mostly forgotten.
This was interesting as a historical monument; it didn’t seem spooky to me at all.
翻译:16 世纪末的 Bhangarh 山堡是在 Amber 的 Raja Bhagwant Singh 的赞助下建造的,他是 Man Singh(阿克巴的“nauratna”或“九颗宝石”之一)的父亲。Bhagwant Singh 去世后,这座堡垒传给了他的儿子 Madho Singh(他也曾在阿克巴的宫廷中担任朝臣)。这座堡垒曾经占地广阔,需要通过三排防御工事才能到达,连续的大门通向堡垒的深处。
门票(每位印度成人 20 卢比;儿童免费)必须在售票处购买,然后您将穿过一排排残破的柱廊,这些柱廊可能曾经是堡垒的市场。再往前走,空间变得开阔,主宫殿(最初是一座七层建筑)高高耸立在远端,后面是山坡,城墙沿着山坡向上延伸到山顶的瞭望塔。宫殿下方有几座寺庙,包括几座石雕寺庙:我们参观了离大门最近的戈皮纳斯寺庙。
班加尔古堡之所以出名,是因为它被认为是印度闹鬼最严重的地方:人们说,夜幕降临后,这座堡垒变得非常阴森,到处都是奇怪的音乐声、孩子的哭声、叮当作响的手镯声等等。还有两个与诅咒有关的故事,试图解释这些闹鬼的背景。其中一个故事是,巴格万特·辛格被一位当地圣人诅咒,堡垒的阴影落在了他的茅屋上,这让他非常不高兴;另一个故事围绕着一位美丽的公主展开,她被一位巫师诅咒,而这位巫师曾向她表达过爱意。
我们大约在下午 4 点到达这里,就在堡垒关闭前一个小时。这里非常繁忙,到处都是游客。宫殿的状况相当糟糕,到处都是摇摇欲坠的墙壁,不过大门和通往宫殿的斜坡显然是新修的。标识非常糟糕:除了关于整个堡垒的一些一般信息外,没有其他信息。这里有导游,但我们决定不雇一个。宫殿是主要景点;其他建筑(如堡垒中最大的两座寺庙 Someshwar 和 Gopinath)似乎大多被遗忘了。
作为一座历史古迹,这很有趣;在我看来,它一点也不吓人。