A video of AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi performing aarti in front of a Hanuman idol has gone viral on social media.
X user Shefali Vaidya shared this viral video on December 5th. As of this writing, the post has been viewed over 60,000 times and reshared over 500 times. (archive)
A very beautiful exhibition of Al Takia! pic.twitter.com/L1tthdatJ7
—Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 (@ShefVaidya) December 5, 2025
The video was posted by X user Smita Deshmukh and has received over 30,000 views. (archive)
जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर
Thank you in advance🤣😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/hZPkfrDiZo— Smita Deshmukh🇮🇳 (@smitadeshmukh) December 4, 2025
This viral video is (@Amrita_2121),(@DrJaiNathSingh3),(@Kapil_Jyani_),(@ManojSr60583090) And others. Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4
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fact check
To verify the viral claim, we first performed a relevant keyword search to see if there were any reports of Owaisi performing an 'aarti'.. Nothing found.
Upon closer inspection, I noticed several elements in the video that suggested it was AI-generated.
First, you'll see the Google Gemini logo in the bottom right corner (circled below).
A billboard then appears in the first few frames of the video, where the Hindi spelling of “Hanuman Mandir” is distorted. Garbled text like this is a typical feature of AI-generated images and videos.
Third, the orientation of the shot inexplicably changes as the camera angle increases.
Fourth, the people standing around Owaisi do not move or even change their facial expressions.
We also ran the video through HIVE's AI detection tool. According to this, 99% of the time, viral videos contain AI-generated material.
In conclusion, the video of AIMIM Chairman Asaduddin Owaisi performing aarti that is being circulated on social media is generated by AI.
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