Eeta Baavi
The Sealed Well
Setting: Khammam rural (Khammam).
In English: The Sealed Well. A Lighted Tales original Telugu horror story, written in Romanized Telugu (Tenglish) with Telangana dialect.
The Sealed Well
Harsha: "Naanna, aa bavi open cheyyadam risk. Property deed lo clearly undhi , 'permanently sealed, do not reopen under any circumstance.' Aa clause ki oka reason undi."
Nagaraju: "Harsha, reason ledu babu. Previous owner Lakshmamma gaaru aa bavi tho emotional ga undi , aayana husband 1982 lo aa bavi daggara chanipoyaaru ani telusu. Aayana aa grief ni cement ga pettaru. Ippudu 2023 lo mana family ki aa space proper ga utilize cheyyaali. Naa master bedroom window aa bavi meedha direct ga chustundi , closed well, 40 years cement dust, rat nesting. Open chesi clean chesi, water pump fit chesi, proper well ga bring chesthaanu."
Harsha: "Naanna, Lakshmamma gaaru verbal ga warn chesaaru sale time lo. 'Bavi untestuku manishi peru pampeychadini loke vinipisthayi' ani. Naaku aa maatalu serious ga anipinchaayi."
Nagaraju: "Harsha, old lady's superstition. Mana modern household ki ee kind of primitive fear leni. Rendu rojula lo contractor ki call chesaanu."
Ee conversation 2023 March 5 morning 9:30 AM ki Khammam district Wyra mandal, oka new-bought ancestral property lo jarigindhi. Property — 1.2 acres, oka 3-bedroom traditional tile-roofed house, compound lo oka sealed well. Buyer family — Nagaraju, 52, retired bank manager, originally Vijayawada nunchi Telangana ki moved 2018 lo, Khammam city lo current rent house lo untunna. Bharya Vasundhara, 48, govt school teacher. Koduku Harsha, 27, Hyderabad IT professional. Property ni family heritage home ga convert cheyyaalani Nagaraju ki intention — retirement settle ayyadaaniki.
Previous owner — Lakshmamma, 74, oka widow, husband Venkaiah 1982 lo chanipoyaaru suddenly — medical cause reported as "cardiac," bavi daggara kanipinchinadu. Lakshmamma 2022 October ki property vikrayam chesindhi — aayana Khammam lo chinna apartment ki move ayyaaru. Sale price Rs 38 lakhs — below market, conditional oka specific clause: "ee property lo southwest corner lo unna well permanent ga sealed, any future owner open cheyyaledu structural modifications lekunda." Deed lo clearly undi. Nagaraju sign chesaaru — but aayana intent "eventually, appropriate permission ivvali."
Sale tarwatha 4 months. Nagaraju and family ee spring break ki property ki visit. Harsha Hyderabad office nunchi 3-day leave. Aayana ee visit lo naanna open plans ni hear chesaadu. Harsha strongly oppose.
Kaani Nagaraju decision thisukunaadu. March 7 ki contractor — Kottakota Masoorlu construction — hired. 2 labour team. Well cover (concrete slab, 4-inch thick, reinforced) break chesaali — hammer, chisel, JCB kind of small machinery. Full clearance 2 days work estimated.
March 7 morning 6 AM. Work start. Harsha present ga undi (aayana Monday ki office return). Vasundhara intlo, breakfast prep. Nagaraju contractor tho directions. Labourers work — hammer-chisel, slow ga concrete crack.
7:45 AM ki first crack — concrete slab center ki 8-inch crack. Labourers ki bhrama — air pressure release ga, oka "poosh" sound vacchindi, as if trapped air 40 years ga compressed. Vaasana konchem — cement dust plus damp-earth plus oka faint ammonia-type.
8:30 AM. Crack widened. Slab removed in 3 chunks. Well mouth visible — 3.5-foot diameter, old brick lining, rust-colored rim. Darkness lopala. Depth — contractor's rope measurement — 38 feet to water level. Water visible at bottom, dark reflective surface.
9 AM. Labourers break ki chai tho. Harsha well mouth daggara nilichi lopala chusthunna. Aayana ki oka faint voice vinipinchindhi.
→ Idey theme lo inka oka katha: Godavari Nillalu
Voice: "Vasundhara Satyanarayana... bride's childhood peru... Lakshmi Padma..."
Harsha jari venuka stepped. Vasundhara satyanarayana — aayana mother's childhood full name aa — Nagaraju tho pelli kaaka mundu, aayana maternal family lo using Satyanarayana as middle name prathiship. Aayana full childhood name Vasundhara Satyanarayana Naidu. Aa name ippudu 30+ years nunchi no one using — marriage tarwatha Vasundhara Nagaraju ga formal. Harsha ki aa middle name oka saari aayana maternal grandmother's chest lo stored old documents lo chusinaa — kaani 15 years age lo, tarwatha marachipoyaaru almost.
"Lakshmi Padma" — aayana daughter-sister, Harsha's aunt. Aayana died 1995 lo road accident, aayana age 21. Family lo aa peru rare ga reference. Official records lo "Padma" ga ippudu ranthunu, "Lakshmi Padma" ante aayana thalli bet pilachedi nickname — intra-family. Harsha ki aayana gurinchi stories vinnaaru — "your chinna attha very bright, accident lo poyindhi."
Ee rendu peru ni bavi lopala oka voice call chesindhi. Harsha ki terror.
Harsha: "Naanna! Rey naanna, ikkada raa!"
Nagaraju vacchaadu. Harsha aa incident ni cheppaadu. Nagaraju dismiss cheyyadaaniki try — "Harsha, wind sound, acoustic illusion, well lopala echo patterns unusual ga untayi."
Nagaraju: "Neeku aa peerlu yela telusu, babu?"
Harsha: "Naanna, naaku Lakshmi Padma attha gurinchi amma cheppindhi chinnappudu. Vasundhara Satyanarayana , amma maternal family name , naaku oka saari puttina certificate copy lo chusaanu pre-marriage ki. Ee rendu peerlu mana family ki internal. Asalu oka random acoustic illusion ilanti specific peerlu call cheyyadhu."
Nagaraju: Nagaraju silent. Aayana ippudu oka doubt. Aayana well mouth daggaraki velli, lopaliki attentively chusaaru. Silence. Oka minute. Tarwatha —
Voice: "Nagaraju Venkata Ramachandra... 1998... Rs 1.25 crore..."
Nagaraju kaallu weak ga. "Nagaraju Venkata Ramachandra" — aayana Vijayawada banking career's formal registration name, birth certificate copy lo unnadhi. 1998 lo aayana ki oka specific bank-transaction-scandal undedhi — a Rs 1.25 crore business loan aayana approved chesina client, 3 months lo default, aayana bank ki loss. Personal negligence charge untanu, aayana aa time lo client tho oka personal relationship (client aayana ki Rs 50,000 "gift" icchaadu loan approval fast-tracking kosam). Bank disciplinary action lo aayana careful ga navigate chesaaru — official record lo "operational negligence, no personal gain proven" ani close ayinadi. Kaani Rs 50,000 gift aayana family ki cheppaledu, bank internal investigation kuda evidence ivvaledu. Aayana life's one private moral compromise.
Aa specific details — aayana bharya kuda teliyadu. 25 years ga aa secret inside aayana matrame.
Nagaraju: Nagaraju well mouth paina kaallu kaallu kaalu vana. Harsha stabilize chesaadu. "Naanna, ee bavi oka kind of memory receptacle. Lakshmamma gaaru 1982 nunchi aa husband Venkaiah poyaaka aa bavi ni proper ga seal chesaaru , kaani aa seal ni break chesetho aa bavi lo oka entity undi, which collects and replays family secrets. Ippudu mana family secrets kuda trapped ayipoyinai."
Nagaraju: "Harsha, ippudu em cheyyaali? Re-seal cheyyadam?"
Harsha: "Naanna, re-seal direct ga kudura lo chesthey entity ki inka anger. Lakshmamma gaariki ee whole thing tho connection undi. Aayana call cheyyaali."
Nagaraju Lakshmamma gaari apartment ki velli — Khammam city Bhadrachalam road lo oka chinna first-floor flat. Aayana Harsha tho paatu. Vasundhara intlo. Lakshmamma chaala unsurprised ga aayana receive chesaaru.
Lakshmamma: "Nagaraju gaaru, mee face chustey ardham avuthundi. Bavi open chesaaru?"
Nagaraju: "Lakshmamma gaaru, forgive me. Nenu mee warning ni dismiss chesaanu."
Lakshmamma: "Nagaraju, naa husband Venkaiah 1982 lo aa bavi daggara chanipoyaaru. Aayana heart attack ani certificate lo undi, kaani nijam anthey kaadu. Venkaiah oka money lender aayana career lo. Aayana 1978 lo oka poor tenant farmer, Rajaiah gaari kutumbanni, Rs 20,000 loan ki harass chesaaru. Rajaiah gaari intlo illness, aayana marriage-ready daughter illness suddenly aipoyindi proper care ledu, pilla poyindi. Rajaiah gaaru Venkaiah ki confront cheyyadaaniki aa bavi daggara vacchaaru 1979 lo. Bothgulu argument ayaaru. Venkaiah physically push chesaaru, Rajaiah oka stone meedha head kotti poyaaru. Venkaiah aa body ni aa bavi lopala padavesaaru. 1982 ki Venkaiah ki stress tho heart attack , aa bavi daggara, aayana aa incident revisit cheyyadaaniki velli chanipoyaaru. Nenu 1982 tarwatha aa bavi lo aa Rajaiah atma ippatiki trapped ani ardham ayindi , prathi sound lopala calling chesthundhe. Nenu 40 years aa bavi ni seal ga pettaanu kaani peru maatram calling chesthundhe , intralo oka specific way ki. Ippudu mee family entered aa calling boundary."
Harsha: "Lakshmamma gaaru, aa entity mana family names kuda telusu ga. Yenduku?"
Lakshmamma: "Pilla, Venkaiah aa bavi daggara chanipoyinappudu aayana death certificate oka specific clause , 'natural causes, no witness' , aa certificate sign chesinadu oka govt doctor, peru Dr. Venkata Ramachandra. Aa doctor Vijayawada transfer ayyaaru 1985 lo. Mee naanna oka chinna bank lo aa doctor's family tho connected. 1998 lo mee naanna loan approval lo involved ayyadu , aa loan beneficiary Dr. Venkata Ramachandra's son-in-law. Aa Rs 50,000 gift aa doctor's family through vacchindhi. Secret 1982 Venkaiah death certificate ki 1998 Nagaraju loan ki oka thin thread connection undi , rendu oka same doctor's family through ga gathered. Ee bavi entity aa connection ni tradicionally hold chesthundhe."
Nagaraju ki ee revelation impossible ga telisindi. Aa 1998 Rs 50,000 gift naaku random business connection ga anipinchindi always — ippudu 41 years back lo oka bavi-entity tho direct unpaid debt connection undi ani teliyadu.
Nagaraju: "Lakshmamma gaaru, ee chain ni ippudu close cheyyaaniki what is needed?"
Lakshmamma: "Nagaraju, Rajaiah atma ki proper peru ivvali, proper samskaram. Village Rajaiah family ippatiki Wyra side lo chinna Kothagudem boundary paina ooru lo untaaru , peru Sitaramaiah family. Aayana vaalla daddy Rajaiah gaaru 1979 March lo 'missing' ayaaru ani family memory lo undi, body never found. Mee proper action , Sitaramaiah family ki velli, Rajaiah gaari fate gurinchi cheppadi, bavi nunchi remains retrieval arrange, proper cremation complete cheyyadam. Nenu aa direction lo independently chaala saarlu try chesaanu kaani aa bavi ni open cheyyadam naa mind lo oka emotional block. Nuvvu ippudu aa work complete cheyyi. Ippudu aa close cheyyadam nee responsibility ki assign ayipoyindhi."
Nagaraju accept chesaadu. March 10 ki Kothagudem boundary ooru ki velli Sitaramaiah family search. 8 members, Rajaiah gaari direct descendants — elderly widow (Rajaiah's wife, age 86, Thulasamma), rendu mandhi sons now grandfathers themselves. Nagaraju full story cheppaadu.
Family silent ga listen. Thulasamma 86 years ga husband fate teliyadu ani grief hold chesindhi. Finally tears vasnaayi. "Meeru ee katha ni cheppadam ki thanks. Naaku last decades to proper ga close kosam kastham undi."
March 12 ki Wyra property lo oka professional well-cleaner team (rented from Khammam city) aa bavi lo proper ga descent chesi, bottom silt lo remain-bones recovery. Skull, few long bones retrieved. Police formality — old unsolved case closed administrative ga, no charges (Venkaiah deceased, 41 years old case).
March 14 ki Kothagudem Rajaiah family lo proper cremation rites conducted for the retrieved remains. Thulasamma final prayer. Family closure.
March 15 ki aa bavi ni re-seal chesaaru Nagaraju — kaani this time, specific prayer tho, Lakshmamma gaari consultation tho, peetambaram cloth + prayer mantras priest conduct chesaaru. Bavi permanently closed with proper ceremonial intent.
Nagaraju ippudu aa property ki move ayyaaru 2023 May ki. Southwest corner lo — aa old well meedha — aayana oka small stone tulsi plant stand ni pettaaru as memorial. Prathi roju morning oka chinna namaskaram.
→ Pakkana ee story kuda chadavandi: Kondaveedu Kolanu
Aayana 1998 Rs 50,000 gift secret kuda aa day bharya Vasundhara ki cheppinadu first time 25 years lo. Aayana react lekunda listen chesindhi, oka deep sigh tho silence. Marriage aa confession tho oka chinna refresh lo.
Harsha Hyderabad return ayyaaru. Aayana ippudu prathi Khammam visit ki first act — aa stone tulsi daggara morning namaskaram. Aayana ki ee entire incident oka lesson — old family properties ki unpaid-debt layers untayi, modern-family-dismiss chesetho aa layers repel kaadu, reactivate avuthayi.
Author's note
Naa friend circle lo oka family Hyderabad nunchi Khammam rural side oka property 2021 lo bought chesaaru — heritage home concept ki. Aa property tho oka sealed well undi, previous owner verbal ga warn chesaaru. Friend family open chesinappudu konchem strange sounds vinipinchaayi ani vaallu aa tarwatha seal back ga ivvalani cheppaaru. Story natural ga deep kaadu kaani reminder — mana Telangana lo chaala heritage properties lo sealed wells, abandoned bavulu, old kunta sections, oka kind of memory ni hold chestayi. Proper ga respect ivvali, hurry lo modernize cheyyadam kaadu. Khammam district rural properties ippudu urban retirees ki pretty affordable ga available — kaani prathi property ki oka specific story, specific boundary clauses, specific village-elder consultations proper ga follow cheyyaali. Ee story fully fictional ga construct chesaanu. 2025 Dussehra ki nenu Khammam side oka short work-trip lo velli vaccharu, aayana experience ni blog-worthy ga ninchi aalochinchadam ni ee plot develop ayindi. Mee friend or family lo ilaanti heritage-property stories untey share cheyyandi comments lo.
Real-world context: Wikipedia — Telangana
— Sai Kiran · Lighted Tales
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Original Telugu horror fiction. Folk-source material where referenced is public domain.
Modern characters, apartments, companies, and phone numbers are fictional.
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