Temple Of Doom

In 1935, deep in the jungles of northern India, a village lay in silent desperation. The children had vanished. The sacred Sankara stones —ancient gifts from the gods—were stolen from the local palace. Crops withered. And at night, a low drumbeat echoed from the forbidden Pankot Palace, high in the hills.

The Thuggee, led by the high priest Mola Ram (a terrifying figure with a shaved head, a crimson turban, and a clawed hand that could rip a man’s heart out while he still screamed ), were using the stones for a terrible purpose: blood sacrifices to Kali. With enough power, they believed, the goddess would help them overthrow the British and plunge the world into chaos and death. temple of doom