India is a land of diverse religions. People often visit temples and shrines to seek blessings from the divine. Sometimes, people attempt to do something unique or challenging to please the gods.
However, it is not essential that it will always work in their favour. In one such instance, a devotee got stuck under an elephant statue at a Gujarat temple.
It seems he was performing a ritual when he got stuck into the statue and tried very hard to get out of it. In a video shared by a Twitter user Nitin, one can notice the man using his hands and body to get out of the structure but to no avail. As the video progresses, the priest also helps the man to come out of the statue. Many visitors are seen giving suggestions and tips to the devotee. He even tries to turn his body around and people also provide a helping hand but the man remains stuck.
: A video has gone viral on social media for a peculiar reason. It shows a devotee stuck under an elephant statue at a temple. It appears that he was performing a ritual when he got stuck there by accident. The video was shared by Twitter user Nitin and it has over 1 lakh views. However, the location of the temple couldn’t be ascertained.
The video shows a man stuck under an elephant statue at a temple. While it is not quite sure how he got there, now, he was struggling to get himself out of it.
Despite trying his level best to squeeze himself out of the narrow space, he wasn’t really successful. That is when other devotees present at the temple joined hands to help the man in trouble. You can hear several people in the background instructing him to use certain techniques to get himself out from under the statue. It appears that even the priest came down to help him. One of the people present there recorded this video.
However, the video ends on a cliffhanger. We aren’t quite sure if he managed to come out of it finally.
“Any kind of excessive bhakti is injurious to health,” the video caption reads.
The user while sharing the video added a caption that read, “Any kind of excessive bhakti is injurious to health.” The location of the temple and whether the man was rescued later are not yet known. As soon as the video was shared, internet users took to the comment section and shared their reactions.
A person claiming the incident to be from Madhya Pradesh’s Narmada Mandir said, “Locals say that if you’re paapi (sinner) then you’ll be stuck. Now that is their belief which should not be mocked. If you believe in something, that is fine. But don’t mock others.”
Another user commented, “There should be a board mentioning MAX Waist Size.”
A large section of people found the video to be funny as they took a jibe at the man for being misinformed. The video has grabbed close to 2 lakh views so far and has amassed several likes and comments.
Ritual gone wrong? A video shared on Twitter showed a man being stuck under an elephant statue installed at a temple in Gujarat. It can be learned that the devotee was involved in a ritual when he suddenly got locked into the divine structure and began trying to get out of it.
The video of the man trying his best to make the way out has gone viral on social media. Seconds into the footage, we can see the temple priest (pandit) helping the man to come out of the structure. He also receives suggestions from other visitors to the temple.
