Hello guys... I'm updating after such a long time. So here I'm having a special update in which there will be 2 stories about Sri Lankan Demons. Now on with it...

Kinduri

If you hear a knock on your door in the middle of the night, your first thought would be of thieves or perhaps some random drug addict on a midnight jaunt. Old village folk however know better; they could tell you all about Kinduri, a vengeful spirit in the guise of a pregnant woman who goes around knocking on doors in the dead of night.

If the door is opened by a woman all is good; she will just fade into the darkness. If the door is answered by a man, his fate is sealed. He'll be dead before the night is out.

I am not very sure what her agenda is. She might be a woman once scorned by her lover, a vicious succubus, or simply a hardcore spirit woman who hates all men. All I can say is that guys had better be wary of any midnight door-knocking.

Riri Yaka

The 'Riri Yaka' or 'Blood Demon' is a popular local demon with an eternal thirst for blood; a sort of native vampire, but a hundred times more terrifying. It is said that he is originated from Northern India, where he was born to human parents. However, as he grew up, he began to develop loathsome habits - so bloodthirsty and revolting that people began to suspect he was no human.

Riri Yaka is known to have some bloodcurdling depictions. The most terrifying is that of a four-armed, blood smeared, monkey-faced little man who haunts graveyards and crematoriums.
He is as strong as a bull, rides a pig, and carries a sword, a rooster, a parrot, and a human head in each of his arms; and really this description itself is enough to scare anyone witless.

However, he doesn't do much graveyard wandering these days. Instead he manifests in possessing people and causing blood related diseases making them sick. Usually, kattadiya, a witch doctor, is required to perform an exorcism when this happens.

There are a number of other demons who cause diseases by possessing people. Eighteen of them in fact, all hell-bent on possessing people and making them sick.
Who needs a doctor to diagnose a stomach bug? We all know it's the work of a kattadiya ;)

Unfortunately, now also some Sri Lankan's believe in them, which give our kattadiya charlatans a steady stream of income.

I do know that blaming your horrible cold on a demon is much more interesting than thinking of viruses and mucus and such. However I would advise you to go to a doctor. The syrup he prescribes can't kill you, but a witch-doctor's exorcism might.