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Varanasi Ghat Jam Goes Viral as Local Man’s Dance Upstages Travelling Guitarist

The unscripted exchange drew wide praise online after a repost by journalist Piyush Rai on X.

Overview

  • The clip shows musician Lucas Eller playing guitar on a Varanasi ghat when an elderly local wanders into frame and breaks into a spontaneous dance.
  • Eller invites the man to stay, compliments his moves, and thanks him in Hindi, saying, “Dhanyavaad… very nice, my friend.”
  • Indian outlets report the video has surpassed one million views, with commenters calling the dancer the real star and celebrating the feel-good moment.
  • Piyush Rai reshared the video on X with the line, “Sir went from being ‘camera shy’ to ‘breaking the internet’ in less than 5 seconds,” helping it spread widely.
  • One report describes Eller as Brazilian, a detail not corroborated by other outlets or by the original post.