Letters to Djinns

The Feroz Shah Kotla is a fortress built by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century, in India.

Inside, there is a pyramid-like structure on which stands the Minar-e-Zarreen: a 13 m polished sandstone pillar. It was originally erected in the 3rd century BC and centuries later lifted to Kotla.

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Popular belief goes that the chief of the Kotla djinns, dwells in the pillar and accept requests and wishes from people in the form of written letters. So, every Thursday, a huge crowd gathers at the fort. They bring several photocopies of the same letter, to be sure that the correct department of djinns gets the application.

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According to this article, the association to djinns dates from the 70s. It was only since 1977, a few months after the end of the Emergency, that there are first records of people starting to come to Firoz Shah Kotla in large numbers.