Vetala: Formerly a dead person, who resembles a small
human, with bat like wings and a tail similar to a goats. They can
often be found hanging upside down from trees in graveyards. These
vampires inhabited wastelands and graveyards in the form shadowy,
ghostly apparitions. These creatures were said to cause severe
illness in those it attacked as these vampires mostly fed on the
intestines and excrement of the recently buried.
Comments:Eyewitness accounts of this creature are commonplace in
remote villages of North India. Probably related to Satan in
western mythlogy and similar winged creatures. They are well known
and featured in ancient epics as long as 500 BC.It is possible that
people probably mistook bats or vultures feeding on carrion for
this creature.Certain giant Bat species and huge vultures could be
found in India
Chedipe: The Chedipe (lit. prostitute) enters a house at
night sending all into a trance and sucks blood from the toe of the
male of the house.
Comments: A not so well known ghoul.Usually associated with a
discrimated caste called the devadasi(sex workers) .A supposedly
true story which happened in an Indian village in North India
documents how a prostitue ostracised by society was murdered
returned to extract revenge on her perpetrators.The account was
testified by some policemen involved in the case
Churel (or Alvantin): A woman, who has died unnaturally or
in childbirth during the festival of Divali, may return with her
feet on back to front. The Churel attempts to dry the blood of the
men of the family. The Churel were generally extremely ugly
vampires with sagging breasts, black tongues, thick, rough lips,
wild hair and back-to-front feet. They were thought to be bitter
and angry due to their untimely death and as a result attacked
their families and attractive, young men. In western India the
Churel was also known as a Jakhin, Jakhai, Mukai, Nagulai and
Alvantin
Comments: This is probably India's version of the vampire
"Pontianak" commonly featured in malay folklore,probably one of the
most terrifying Reports of this creature are especially prevalent
in South India.A true case in documents how a corpse of a woman was
found with its feet out of place.In some south Indian cultures, a
practice of erecting blessed stonehenge-like structures at the
entrances of villages is commonplace to prevent this creature from
returning from the dead
Kali: Vampire from ancient times possessed a terrifying
countenance and was said to appear on battlefields during long and
bloody wars . Her skin was charred black in tone, her eyes and
eyebrows were blood red and she had an extremely long tongue with
which she became drunk on the blood of her victims.She had mutiple
arms with an assortment of weapons
Comments: This one is probably the best known of them all and has
made some notable appearances in novels, movies and games like
Indian Jones and Temple of Doom.Its actually a deity which some
Hindus pray to and deeply rooted in Indian culture since ancient
times.Often said to represent violence and destruction,she's
usually seeked out by religious cult groups and warlords..Cult
groups around the world from western countries to Japan have been
associated with this goddess ..Certain Indian homes in Singapore
have her as their deity in their homes for reasons unknown.The
temple in Serangoon Road is dedicated to this deity .A famous case
in Singapore involving a murder case of 2 children perpertrated by
a Chinese revolves around this entity
Punyaiama: The Punyaiama (pure race) looks like an old
woman. It passes a magic thread down a chimney and sucks the blood
from the sleeping or mad/drunk women.It attacks travelers at night
as they pass by the burial grounds in which this female vampire
hides, sleeping by day in a funeral pyre. The ash from this pyre is
what gives this vampire her black-skinned appearance. It is also
reported to be a cannibal.
Comments: Usually associated with practioners of
witchcraft.Terrifying reports of this creature seems to emote from
the rogue states of Bihar and Orissa.This extremely remote regions
are largely ignored , teeming with cultural sins that could bring
about the moral decay of a society and one of the poorest states
where the very fabric of the human psyche is put to the test.In
some instances hunting expeditions are sent out to seek and kill
this creature
Brahmaparus: This bloodthirsty monsters took ghoulish
delight in completely consuming the people they attacked. Their
method of devouring its victims was highly ritualized: the
Brahmaparush would begin by drinking the blood through a hole in
the skull, following that the brain would also be consumed. This
feeding ritual would not be complete until the vampires performed a
macabre dance whilst deliberately entangled in the intestines of
the corpse they had destroyed.
Comments: The source of this creature is associated with
ritualistic cannibals who seem to hide in the forested regions of
central India where crime is rampant.Often said to be ocstrasised
by society, they prey on travellers and unsuspecting victims of
nearby villages .Some conflicting reports have suggested that
wanted terrorists or criminals hiding in the forests who
manslaughter innocent villagers make up for some of these reports.
Often bodies were found badly mutilated and local police
disbelieving these myths and superstitions often send out armed
convoys.On one occasion, a military convoy found evidence of
mutilated body parts indicating a ritual.
Hanh Saburo: Indian forest vampires, which can control
dogs. They will attempt to lure or drive travelers into the forest
to attack them by sounds.These creatures were supposedly invisible
and at times show up as orbs or lights.They were often said to
dwell on trees and thick vegetation.Usually a foul stench can be
detected when one of these creatures are near
Comments: The possible source of this mythical creature could
probably be attributed to large lizards, amphibians or big cats.In
the villagers of South India, its advised not to respond to sounds
when travelling through forests at night. Large toads or lizards
could be picked up by dogs who attempt to investigate and in turn
lead their owners astray...There have been cases where children
were found mutilated and hung on trees probably by animals like the
Cheetah
