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Search and filter Indian spirits, demons, and mythological beings.
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Uttar Pradesh · Pan-Indian (mythological)
Pishachas are mythological beings of darkness and impurity later absorbed into broader Indian ghost…
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Maharashtra · Pan-Indian (literary & folk)
The Vetala bridges literary Sanskrit tradition and popular ghost lore as a corpse-inhabiting spirit…
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Uttar Pradesh · North India (pan-regional)
One of India’s most widely known female spirits, the Chudail appears in countless regional variants…
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