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Dumas Beach

added29 August 2026

A black sand beach on the Gujarat coast, long used as a Hindu cremation ground. Local accounts have the sand black from ash, and voices and laughter heard from the beach at night; disappearances are attributed to people who went walking along the waterline after dark. The authorities close the beach at night, which does the reputation nothing but good.

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