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I came in search of jinns, but the haunting was disappointing: An unremarkable tale from Delhi’s Jamali Kamali |

Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb I had heard the stories about Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb (Jamali Kamali in short) long before I decided to go. Whispers of jinns lingering in its corridors. Accounts of people feeling invisible hands push them. Security guards who refused to stay alone after dusk because of the slaps from…

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Jamali And Kamali Tomb: “Remove your perfume, tie your hair, or they will come after you”: Historian recounts ‘strange’ experience at this Delhi tomb |

“I often visit the historical sites around Hauz Khas and Mehrauli, and almost always stop at the tomb of Jamali and Kamali,” says Eric Chopra, a 23-year-old historian from Delhi. “It’s usually locked. You can only stand outside, looking in.”While lingering around the site in the evenings, Eric recalls being repeatedly warned by the phoolwalas…

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