Alamelamma's Threefold Curse

Alamelamma's threefold curse on Raja Wodeyar of the Mysore Kingdom (in India) unfolded as a consequence of his actions. After her husband's army's defeat, she fled with precious jewels to Talakad, which the Raja sought to confiscate. To avoid capture, Alamelamma committed suicide and, during her death, pronounced a three-part curse: Talakad would become a desert, Malangi would turn into a whirlpool area, and the Wodeyars would face issues with offspring. Skeptics attribute the first two curses to environmental changes, while the peculiar pattern of male-only children in every other generation among the Wodeyars over the past 400 years remains unexplained.