Want to Witness an Exorcism Visit Mystical Chogaan.

Apart from the experiential tribal trail, MP offers a feast for your eyes and spirit with its stunning natural beauty, history, archaeological sites, and various other attractions. But have you ever heard of any village where exorcism is practised? If you want to witness an exorcism or get the vibe of a mystical, unusual culture, visit Chogaan.

Chogaan Village

Chogaan Temple in Choagaan village in Madhya Pradesh is an exotic religious place in India where followers come to get rid of ghosts and evil spirits, especially on the full moon every month. The most common practise is to stroke the captured soul with a pointed metal rod with a ring brush on that person’s back with a feathered broom. Also, the temple priests provide ashes to throw in the air to make the spirit leave the body. There are chains, tridents, spears, and sharp weapons stacked inside the temple to beat the spirit or chain the spirit to leave the body.

The temple here in Chogaan is believed to be very powerful with potent divine strengths, and hence it is popular for ritual practises of exorcism in India.

Different Ambience

At the entrance of the village, there are several small brick walls constructed in the names of dead villagers to remember them. The villagers try to keep the area clean to satisfy the dead souls here.

In this village, every woman wears a white saree irrespective of her marital status.

While entering the village, anyone can be astonished by the colours of the walls of the houses or the temple, which is a strikingly attractive sky-blue colour. As someone enters the blue temple, the first glimpse he would get is of a gigantic iron ladder with a black flag on top, and then when he enters, he would see dome-shaped structures painted blue. There is no idol inside the temple; instead, chains hang around, which is enough to give eerie vibes. This is the village where demonic and divine forces are merged.

At Chogaan, it is believed that over seven deities reside here, and hence it is called a district court of Goddesses, and it is filled with divine aura and energy. Hence, the clans believe that the temple here in Chogaan is where hellish forces possessing humans can be defeated by the heavenly powers through the exorcism process. The exorcists who climb the ladders are believed to be possessed with spiritual powers, which is how they can expel the evil spirit.

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