A video ( here , here , here , here and here ) is going viral on social media that claims to show a peacock entering a temple in Ayodhya, approaching the Ram Lalla idol and placing a garland at the feet of Lord Rama. Let's take a look at the truth behind this claim.
Claim: This video shows a real peacock visiting the Ayodhya Ram temple and placing garlands on the idol of Lord Ram.
fact: This video is AI-generated and not genuine. The original visual was tracked to an Instagram creator who tagged the AI tool reference, and the AI detection tool flagged it as likely generated by AI. There are no credible reports of such incidents at Ayodhya temples. Therefore, the argument is error.
To test this claim, we first conducted an internet search using relevant keywords to see if a peacock had garlanded the Ram Lala statue in Ayodhya, as suggested in the viral video. There are no reliable reports or official statements to support such events.
Upon closer inspection of the viral clip, I noticed that it had a watermark that read “.ash saxena” Using this clue, we tracked the video to an Instagram profile with the name: Ashish Saxenathe same set of visuals was posted on December 29, 2025. The caption included the hashtag #sora2 and #soraindicates that the clip was created using Sora, an AI-based video generation tool. Additionally, the profile states that the user is an AI video creator, confirming that the viral footage is not real.
To further verify this, we analyzed the video with Hive AI Content Detection, which flagged it as AI-generated 91.8% of the time, providing strong technical evidence that the video was synthetic and not real.
In summary, this video of a peacock adorning the idol of Ram Lala in Ayodhya is AI-generated and is not real.
