Hitech Ladies Restroom
The Ladies' Restroom
Setting: Hitech City IT tower (Hyderabad / Telangana).
In English: The Ladies' Restroom. A Lighted Tales original Telugu horror story, written in Romanized Telugu (Tenglish) with Telangana dialect.
The Ladies' Restroom
Last month nenu Hitec City lo oka product company review meeting attend chesina. Naa team mate Niveditha — aame Vizag nunchi, three months mundu Hyderabad ki shift ayyindi — aa meeting tarvatha naatho coffee ki vacchindi. Aame mukham pale ga, kallu kindha dark circles two layers. Naaku gurthu, aame oka raathri shift week roju nunchi continuous chesthundi anukunnanu, but aame cheppindi adi kaadu. Aame oka story cheppindi naaku, oka chinna USB drive lo audio file kuda chupinchindi. Naaku permission iste blog ki rayocha ani adigite, aame head nodded — peru change cheyyandi, building peru change cheyyandi, kaani aa lullaby gurinchi people ki teliyadam manchidhi ani cheppindi. Naaku aa night intiki vellaka phone lo aa file open chesi vinnaanu. Naa house pakkana street cheekati ga aindi aa moment.
Ee story aame Niveditha ki jarigindi, aame consent tho ee blog lo unchutunnanu. Naa tho oka condition — file aa Vizag music archive nunchi verify chesina source, aa source kuda ee post lo mention cheyyandi. Naa cheyyali.
Niveditha age 24. Vizag MVGR college nunchi B.Tech 2022 lo finish chesindi. Hyderabad ki July 2023 lo move ayyindi, oka product startup ki — fictional InnoFlex Solutions, Hitec City lo Cyber Pearl tower kindha oka 18-floor tower. Aame role frontend engineer. Floor 17 lo team seating, total 60 people. Aame ki Hyderabad first job, first metro city. Madhapur lo oka PG room aame ki, walking distance to office.
October release cycle production deadline ki, team late shifts pettindi. Niveditha rendava week lo prathi raathri 11 PM waraku office lo undi. Floor 17 raathri 10:30 tarvatha thirupodu — 8-10 engineers continuous ga. Cleaning staff 11 PM ki round chesthaaru. Lights motion sensors, hallway full.
October 18 raathri, 11:42 PM. Niveditha aame seat nunchi lechindi restroom ki. Floor 17 lo ladies' restroom east wing lo, aame seat west wing nunchi 60 meters walk. Hallway empty ga. Lights aame walk ki on aithunnayi, behind ki off aithunnayi. Aame ki ee daily normal ga.
Restroom door push chesindi. Lopala lights auto-on ayyayi. Five stalls — aame middle stall ki vellindi. Door close chesindi.
Aame ki aa moment lo oka soft sound vinipinchindi.
Lullaby. Telugu lo. Voice old-style female, soprano, sruti chinna ga, but every note clear. Aame phone teesi check chesindi — phone speaker off, headphones connected ledhu, Bluetooth nothing. Phone screen lo time 11:43 PM.
Lullaby continue ayyindi. Sound restroom lo overhead speaker nunchi vasthundi anipinchindi. But aa restroom lo speakers ledhu — Niveditha aa fact ki immediate confidence ledhu, aame three months only aa office lo. Aame stall lo silent ga listen chesindi.
Lyrics aame ki partial ga ardhamayyayi. "Jo achuyutananda jo jo Mukunda... raavayya naa kanna..." Old style lullaby, chinnappati nunchi konchem familiar — aame ammamma Vizag lo paadedi, kaani exact composition kaadu. Different tune, slower tempo. Konni words gurthuandhi konni gurthuledhu.
Aame stall door open chesi bayata vacchindi. Lights brighter. Five stalls empty, mirror clean. Sound continue ayyindi — but vibration restroom walls nunchi raavadam ledhu, ceiling nunchi raavadam ledhu. Sound source localizable ga ledhu. Like aame head lo nunchi.
Aame phone lo voice memo on chesindi. Recording started 11:44:11 PM.
Aame 47 seconds aa song record chesindi. Tarvatha sound thaggi, 11:44:58 ki silent.
Niveditha hand wash chesi bayata vacchindi. Hallway lights aame walk ki normal ga on. Aame seat ki return ayyindi. Aa raathri aame mind aa song midha. Code lines screen midha undi, but aame fingers slow ga.
12:15 AM ki aame intiki vellindi cab lo. Aame office cab — Suvarna Nilayam pakkana drop point.
→ Idey theme lo inka oka katha: Pragathi Nagar Security Guard
Next morning aame office ki regular time, 10:30 AM standup. Aame ki gurthu, aa restroom raathri experience. Aame voice memo open chesi listen chesindi headphones tho. File 47 seconds, aa lullaby clear ga. Aame ki aa lyrics Telugu lo, but melody peculiar ga.
Aame aa file laptop ki transfer chesi, lunch break time lo aame Vizag classmate Lavanya ki WhatsApp chesindi. Lavanya ki classical music background — aame mother Vizag lo oka Carnatic vocalist, retired. Lavanya laptop lo aa file forward.
Lavanya reply 30 minutes lo, "Niveditha, ee tune naaku chinappudu vinipinchindhi maa amma archive lo. Aa archive 1990s kaalam recordings undi maa intlo. Naa amma tho confirm chesthaa, oka hour lo cheppthaa."
Niveditha relax ga lunch finish chesindi. 2 PM ki Lavanya call vacchindi.
Lavanya: "Niveditha, maa amma vinindhi. Aame face white ayyindi. Aame cheppindi, aa lullaby oka specific recording nunchi. 1994 lo Vizag lo oka funeral album release ayyindhi, oka small private label, peru gurthu ledhu. Aa album five lullabies undi, all sung by oka local woman, peru Sailaja garu. Aame ki oka three-year-old son chanipoyaadu 1993 lo, drowning accident Vizag beach lo. Aame son grief lo aa five lullabies record chesindhi 1994 lo, aame son ki tribute. Album limited copies, maximum 200, aa community lo distribute aindhi. Maa amma daggara oka cassette undi. Aa tune mee restroom recording lo exact match. Aame Sailaja garu peru voice."
Niveditha ki phone ki dialing tone vinipinchindi background lo.
Lavanya: "Niveditha, oka second. Maa amma cheppindi, Sailaja garu 1996 lo aame inkaa grief tho oka building lo own life teesukundi. Vizag old town lo oka apartment building, fourth floor restroom lo. Aame son death anniversary roju, August 14, 11:47 PM. Aame body aame husband next morning kanipinchindhi. Maa amma cheppindi, aa album aa tarvatha Vizag lo collectors dheggara mathrame, kaani aa songs konni anniversary nights lo apartment buildings lo replay aithundi ani local talk."
Niveditha laptop screen lo time chusindi. Aame restroom recording timestamp 11:44 PM. Aame voice memo file properties open chesindi. File timestamp October 18, 11:44:11 PM. Aame ki gurthu, aa raathri aame stall enter ayinappudu phone screen lo time 11:42 PM. Lullaby 11:43 ki start aindi. 11:47 PM ki — peak ga. Aame memo recording 11:44 ki start chesindi, but lullaby aame stall enter ayinapude already vasthundi.
Niveditha aa connection naaku next morning office canteen lo cheppindi. Aame voice low ga, kaani steady ga.
Niveditha: "Sai, naaku ee Hyderabad nuvvuva, ee building, ee floor , naaku aa context teliyadhu. Aa song Vizag nunchi vacchina, aa woman Vizag lo poyindi 1996 lo. Aame ee Hyderabad office building lo restroom lo enduku replay aithundi?"
Naaku aame question ki immediate answer ledhu. Naa Hyderabad lo IT engineer ga 14 years experience, kaani heritage building stories naaku familiar ga, modern office buildings ki ee anomalies relatively new ga. Naaku aame tho oka request chesaanu — aame ki HR daggara aa building history adigi cheyyandi.
Niveditha next day HR ki request submit chesindhi. Aame HR lead Bhanu Latha — 43 years, InnoFlex lo 2019 nunchi HR head, Hyderabad based original ga, OU graduate. Aame Niveditha request ki polite ga response.
Bhanu Latha aame office ki Niveditha ni call chesindi rendu rojulu tarvatha. Aame office desk midha oka folder undi.
[BHANU LATHA] "Niveditha, mee question ki naaku investigate cheyaali ani anipinchindhi. Mana building 2014 lo construct ayyindhi, mundu aa land lo 1980s lo Aruna Apartments six floors. 1996 lo aa apartment lo oka tenant suicide case — Sailaja, age 38, native Vizag. Aame son 1993 lo Vizag beach lo drowning lo poyaadu. Aame Hyderabad ki husband transfer 1995 lo, aame depression lo 1996 August 14 ki own life teesukundi aa apartment fourth floor restroom lo. Aa apartment 2010 lo demolish, 2014 lo ee building construct. Mee 17th floor ladies' restroom aa old fourth floor location ki vertically aligned ga. Mee experience first complaint kaadu — 2019, 2021, 2022 lo three similar reports, all between 11:42 and 11:50 PM. Aa reports 'audio system glitch' ani close chesaaru. Mee report tho four data points. Naaku direct ga investigate cheyaali ani decide."
Niveditha quietly listen chesindhi. Aame ki ee revelation deep ga ardhamayindhi — aa woman aame son lullaby Hyderabad ki bring chesindhi 1995 lo, aa lullaby aame death tarvatha aa land lo embedded ayyindhi, building demolish ayyaka kuda continue. Time loop kaadu — oka memory persistence.
Niveditha: "Bhanu garu, aa woman ki release kavalsina entaina undi. Aame son ki tribute, aame grief , anything formal ga close cheyyali emo."
Bhanu Latha agree chesindi. Aame Vizag lo Sailaja garu family ni trace cheyaali ani decide chesindhi — aame husband 2008 lo poyaadu records prakaaram, but aame oka younger sister Vizag lo undi, aame age 65 ippudu.
Bhanu Latha rendu weeks lo Vizag connection establish chesindhi. Sailaja garu younger sister, aame peru Mahalakshmi, aame Vizag MVP Colony lo. Aame phone call lo full story listen chesindhi. Aame voice cracked, kaani aame grateful ga reply.
[MAHALAKSHMI - PHONE] "Bhanu amma, naaku akka gurinchi 27 years grief carry chesthunna. Memu aame ki proper farewell offer cheyyaledhu — aame Hyderabad lo last days lo memu connection kaaledhu, aame husband aame depression ni hide chesaadu. Mee 17th floor ki naaku permission iste, oka small ritual cheyaali. Naaku Vizag nunchi Hyderabad ki raavaali oka weekend lo."
→ Pakkana ee story kuda chadavandi: Production Support 2 AM
Bhanu Latha aame request ki management approval pondindhi. November first weekend lo Mahalakshmi Vizag nunchi vacchindhi. Niveditha kuda invite, aa lullaby first heard person ga.
Saturday November 4, 11:30 PM ki, Bhanu Latha, Niveditha, Mahalakshmi, oka security guard — aa floor lo restroom dheggara assemble. Mahalakshmi oka small bag tho — aame akka old photo, oka chinna agarbatti, aame son photo (aame retained copy), oka cassette tape (Lavanya mother daggara nunchi borrow chesinadi).
Mahalakshmi restroom lopala photos pettindhi sink countertop midha. Aame Telugu lo soft prayer cheppindhi — aame akka peru, aame nephew peru, aame family forgiveness sought. Aame cassette aame phone lo digitized version play chesindhi — aa lullaby aame akka voice lo, 1994 recording.
11:47 PM ki song peak ki vacchindhi. Restroom lights brief ga flickered. Niveditha ki aa moment lo oka subtle warmth feel — restroom lopala temperature normal kaani aame skin ki oka soft ga, like sun-warmed cotton. Mahalakshmi tears slow ga.
Mahalakshmi: "Akka, memu mee Hyderabad days lo listening cheyyaledhu. Memu mee son ki grief share cheyyaledhu fully. Memu mee taraf nunchi mee son ki memu adugutaamu , peace istamu. Memu maafi adugutunnaamu. Mee son samadhi Vizag lo memu visit cheyaali next month."
Song end ki memu silent ga. Restroom lights normal. Bhanu Latha aa cassette photo tho oka small alcove lo (housekeeping closet near restroom) safely store chesindhi temporary ga. Mahalakshmi photos tho velli vacchindhi.
Next December anniversary, August 14, 2024 ki Mahalakshmi promised visit Vizag son grave with full family ritual. Aame promise nilipindhi.
Niveditha aame cab lo aa raathri intiki velli, naaku phone chesindhi midnight ki. Aame voice steady ga.
Real-world context: Wikipedia — Hyderabad
[NIVEDITHA - PHONE] "Sai, aame freed ga anipinchindhi. Naaku aa restroom lo last 20 minutes oka heaviness mass ga undedhi, aa heaviness vellipoindhi. Aa loop close ayyindhi anipinchindhi."
Subsequent months lo aa floor 17 restroom lo lullaby reports zero. November, December, January 2024 — Bhanu Latha tracking. Pattern broken.
Niveditha November end ki Madhapur PG nunchi shift ayyindhi oka Gachibowli flat ki. Aame product company lo continue, but aame late shifts decreased. Aame voice file ippudu kuda phone lo undi, but replay urge ledhu.
Bhanu Latha aa investigation report internal use ki file chesindhi. Aame management ki oka building blessing ceremony recommend chesindhi quarterly ga, employees discomfort reports filter cheyyali ani. Management approved.
Niveditha ee story naaku consent lo share chesindhi. Aame company peru, building location fictional ga keep cheyandi ani aame request. Aa woman ki, aame son ki, aame family ki maafi maagina manishi nundi peace adigite, aa peace generation ki cross cheyyagaladu.
Author's note
Ee story Niveditha real consent tho rasaanu. Aame tho naa colleague relationship six months only, but ee experience tarvatha aame trust naa ki ichindhi. Vizag lo 1994 lo private music albums real ga undeyi — small labels, family memorial recordings. Aa recordings konni preserve aithunnayi local archives lo. 1996 Hyderabad Madhapur lo Aruna Apartments fictional ga ee story lo, kaani 1990s Madhapur development period lo small apartment buildings undeyi, IT boom ki mundu. 2014 lo Madhapur old apartments demolish ayi tech towers vacchayi pattern real ga. Naaku 2009 lo Madhapur lo first job ki, aa transition phase witness chesaanu. Niveditha lanti new joiner Hyderabad ki Vizag nunchi raavadam — naa team lo prathi year ee pattern. Aa city lo aa employees ki mental health support, building anomaly listening ear — HR teams lo emerging. Bhanu Latha lanti HR leads I admire. Mee ki office building lo similar experience — late night restroom, server room, archive — comments lo cheppandi. Naaku ee category lo more stories collect cheyyaali.
— Sai Kiran · Lighted Tales
© 2026 Sai Kiran Pandrala / Lighted Tales · https://teluguhorrorstories.blogspot.com
Original Telugu horror fiction. Folk-source material where referenced is public domain.
Modern characters, apartments, companies, and phone numbers are fictional.
Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, or events is coincidental.
Audio version: youtube.com/@Lightedtales
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