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Amroha's Stingless Scorpions: Miracle or Myth?
15 Nov
Summary
- A 600-year-old shrine in Amroha is home to scorpions that reportedly lack sting.
- Local lore attributes this phenomenon to a 13th-century Sufi saint's curse.
- No official records indicate any scorpion stings or poisoning incidents.
A 600-year-old shrine in Amroha's Islam Nagar district is famed for its scorpions, which local lore claims are harmless within its grounds. These arachnids are said to have lost their sting due to a curse uttered by a rival holy man against the 13th-century Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Hussain Sharduddin Shah Vilayat, who then modified the curse to render the scorpions stingless within the shrine. This tradition continues to this day, with caretakers handling the scorpions fearlessly.
Devotees often visit the shrine seeking blessings, and some even take the scorpions home for a limited period, a practice accompanied by warnings against overstaying. Astonishingly, no official records of scorpion stings or poisoning incidents have been reported in the Amroha district. Scientists are intrigued by this phenomenon, proposing theories such as genetic changes or anaesthesia, though definitive answers remain elusive.
