Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, India
When midnight strikes at Bengaluru Palace, an unseen carriage rolls along the gravel drive—and its coachman is searching for late-night trespassers.
In Vasanth Nagar, old auto-rickshaw drivers say that past midnight, when the gates of Bengaluru Palace lock, a phantom royal wooden carriage rolls along the gravel drive beneath the ivy-covered Tudor turrets. The invisible coachman rings a heavy brass bell, calling out to anyone wandering along Palace Road. If you hear that brass bell clanging in the darkness, you must douse your lantern immediately—the phantom carriage only hunts those illuminated by light. If iron-rimmed wheels crunch the gravel behind you, keep walking forward and never turn around to look at the driver's seat. When a hollow voice calling from inside the carriage asks 'Yelli hogtidira?', you must not answer; replying allows the spirit to claim your shadow. Finally, if the heavy oak doors of the palace courtyard swing open on their own, look away toward the tall rain trees until the carriage bell strikes a final toll. Follow these old warnings of the night guards, or your shadow will be stolen and forced to ride the palace grounds until dawn.
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