LokKatha Archive - Spirit Guide

Indian Ghosts and Spirits

Indian ghost traditions range from unsettled dead and cemetery presences to named beings with rules, territories, and ritual responses. This guide gathers the spirit-linked entities in the archive so readers can compare their domains, threat levels, and regional roots.

11 entities documented.All guides.Browse cases

SpiritsGhostsUndeadPreta Vetala Vetal Pey Nishi Stree Masan Munjya Churel Pishacha Brahmarakshasa

What connects these entities

The group is defined by death, haunting, possession, liminal places, or unfinished ritual transition. Some are treated as individual beings, while others describe a condition of the dead.

How to read the archive entries

Compare threat level, region, and subtype before assuming two names describe the same being. Similar entities often behave differently across language and ritual traditions.