Season 1
(2014)
Overview
The show is anchored by Akul Tripathi who takes viewers on a journey across the abandoned historic locations of India. Akul takes you through the abandoned roads and alleys of some of India’s historic places. Travelling through the spread out palaces and deserted forts, the show documents and investigates the eerie processes of abandonment of each site.
Cast
as Self - Presenter
Episodes
Kuldhara 0.0
November 19, 2014
Our quest for the most beautiful abandoned places in India and the history behind them took us to Kuldhara - a vast maz…
Chiktan 0.0
November 20, 2014
Far up in the Himalayas, a couple of hours drive from the border town of Kargil, further north from the grand Srinagar-…
Ross Island 0.0
November 21, 2014
Ross Island is a tiny little Island at the mouth of the Port Blair Harbour. It is, in fact, the entry point into the An…
Talakkad 0.0
November 24, 2014
Talakad has a long history, going back to at least the 8th or 9th century when it was the capital of the Ganga Kings. I…
Murud 0.0
November 25, 2014
The astonishment of why some places lie abandoned and in ruins does not get more perplexing than this. Off the Konkan c…
Unakoti 0.0
November 26, 2014
Unakoti is a place in the North East of India where carvings of Gods and Godesses lie abandoned on a hill. In numbers t…
Bhangarh 0.0
November 27, 2014
A couple of hours drive from Jaipur, in the land of a thousand forts, the fort of Bhangarh has consistently topped the …
Orchha 0.0
November 28, 2014
A medieval town of palaces and temples, and while the temples still draw pilgrims by the thousands the majestic palaces…
Lakhpat 0.0
December 1, 2014
Human Life has long been intertwined with the course of rivers and their confluence with the great seas. Lakhpat is the…
Kittur 0.0
December 2, 2014
Kittur in Karnataka is a place where the story of one of the first women freedom fighters Rani Chennama lies in a silen…
Nyarma 0.0
December 3, 2014
A thousand years ago, in an age when Buddhism was prominent in Kashmir, Ladakh and Srinagar, an exceptionally visionary…
Roha 0.0
December 4, 2014
In the vast territories of the Kutch, on top of a forlorn hillock stands the fort of Roha. Once the biggest jaagir in t…
Cellular Jail 0.0
December 5, 2014
Its a place where freedom fighters were kept before the independence of India. This place has witnessed the torture and…
Gagron Fort & Vilasgarh 0.0
December 8, 2014
This time our quest for abandoned places and their stories took us to two different places in East Rajasthan. One, an e…
Halebidu 0.0
December 9, 2014
A forgotten capital of a forgotten kingdom. Its name today means ruined city, but at the height of the Hoysala rule in …
Shekhawati 0.0
December 10, 2014
The sleepy town of Ramgarh in northern Rajasthan is known by connoisseurs as a unique open art gallery. It is the site …
Martand 0.0
December 11, 2014
Standing majestically on a plateau above the flood plains of Kashmir are the stupendous ruins of the Sun Temple of Mart…
Shibsagar 0.0
December 12, 2014
A place from where lies the story of a once- powerful Ancient kingdom of the Ahom Rulers.This kingdom shaped the beauti…
Champaner 0.0
December 15, 2014
Champaner lies in Gujarat, This town has has seen three kingdoms and their contribution to several fortifications.. At …
Hari Parbat 0.0
December 16, 2014
Known as the Koh-i-Maran in Persian, the hill of Hari Parbat is crested with a fort of the same name. Originally built …
Nalanda 0.0
December 17, 2014
There are precious few monuments and artefacts in our ancient land which have survived the vagaries of man and time. Bu…
Lucknow 0.0
December 18, 2014
Amongst the many scattered battles of the First War of Independence of 1857, none has been eulogised in literature and …
Bishnupur 0.0
December 19, 2014
Situated in a forgotten part of Bengal, 150kms north-west of Kolkata, is a city that was a proud capital for over 800 y…
Vijaydurg 0.0
December 22, 2014
On the Konkan coast of Maharastra sits in seeming placidness the serene sea fort of Vijaydurg. A rock that has been wit…
Bateshwar 0.0
December 23, 2014
Hidden in the ravines of the Chambal and protected for centuries by dense forest is an ancient temple town. Named after…
Hampi 0.0
December 24, 2014
On the banks of the gleefully wavering Tungabhadra, flanked by mountains made of towering boulders, sits, what seems li…