Haunted Begunkodor(in Purulia )Railway Station In India
hough many railway stations in India have their own set of tell-tales, there’s one who leaps higher. Now, this is not just another one of the spooky stories in India since this one affected the lives of common middle class population localized in Begunkodor. Begunkodor is a village in Purulia district of West Bengal situated46kms from Purulia. The village included a haunted railway station that remained closed for almost 42 years (from 1967 to 2009). According to villagers, one of the railway employees died in 1967 after witnessing a female specter draped in white sari .
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full of disbelief and fear eye me as I ask locals for directions to Begun Kodar in West Bengal's Purulia district, popularly known as the ghost station of the Indian Railways.
One needs to travel back in history to delve into the mystery behind this strange name.
It was in the early 1960s that Lachan Kumari, a queen of the Santal tribe that inhabited the area, donated a large chunk of her land to the Railways for the upliftment of her people.
Soon the Begun Kodar railway station was up and running, acting as a lifeline for many commuters.
However, the dream ran into unforeseen trouble in 1967.
Locals believe that this was the year that the station master spied a woman in a white saree on the tracks for the first time.
People were agog when he died the very next day. Rumours engulfed this tiny railway station, with news of the spooky events travelling far and wide.
Both passengers and the Railways deserted the place. And thus began the tale of the ghost station, which has been tagged as "haunted" in railway records.
Cut to 2009, when another lady in a white saree tried to rescue the station from ignominy.
Mamata Banerjee, the then railway minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, dared many in the state to visit the place by reopening the station after 42 years.
"Ami bhoote bishshas korina (I don't believe in ghosts)," said Banerjee.
"It was three ladies -- the Santhal queen, Mamata Banerjee and the ghost -- who turned the fortunes of this station around in the past five decades," says Narayan Mahato, a local from the nearby Baamni village.
"People are curious and some still believe the stories of paranormal presence here. You should leave the place before 5.30 pm, no one stays here after that."
Surrounded by paddy fields, with no signs of human life evident for miles, the station and its building look strange and forbidding.