Overview
- Footage from the Nandpur Hanuman temple in Bijnor shows a stray dog repeatedly circling an idol, drawing large crowds after the video spread online.
- Local accounts describe an extended parikrama lasting many hours, including a widely repeated but unverified claim of 36 hours without food or water.
- By the third day, observers reported the dog repeating the circular pattern around a Maa Durga idol inside the temple.
- By day five, reports said the dog sat down from apparent exhaustion as devotees treated it reverentially, providing a mattress, offerings and a priest’s presence, with some calling it “Kutta Maharaj.”
- Unnamed veterinarians mentioned neurological disorders, inner-ear infections or canine vestibular disease as possible causes, while social media voices such as Piyush Rai criticized the ritualized treatment.