Abhinav Arora and Swami Rambhadracharya
Credit: X/@RoshanKrRaii
Abhinav Arora, dubbed as 'bal sant baba' is a child preacher who is now in the headlines after his dance video made rounds online.
In the video, Abhinav can be seen dancing on stage at a religious event in front of Swami Rambhadracharya who asked him to get off the dais.
"Aap pehle neeche jao. Inko kaho neeche jaane ke liye. Maryada hain meri (Please go downstairs first. Tell them to go downstairs. It is my decorum)" Swami said.
The clip from the video was shared on social media platform X, by a user named Roshan Rai. The caption read: "Dude was overacting, Guruji threw him out of the stage. This is epic."
The video has garnered over 1 million views and a flurry of comments since it was posted.
A user commented, "There could only be one joker on the stage (sic)."
"First time he got right treatment," another wrote.
"'Maryada hein meri' was a tight slap to the father son duo," commented a third.
"Cut his reward for overacting," commented a fourth.
"Okay, so i don't blame the child. he is really not mature enough. as i learned from some videos, actually his father is to be blamed. and i think it's his father probably down the stage who is asking him to do all that so that a beautiful reel can be made to fool the bhakts (sic)," commented a fifth.
Another user wrote, "This was so satisfying. Although I feel sad for this kid.. bcs he doesn’t know all these things.. it’s his father who is using him to make money and that’s just disgusting (sic)."
Swami Rambhadracharya, who had asked Abhinav to get off the stage, while speaking to ANI had shared his thoughts on child preachers.
"Ye durbhagya hai (this is unfortunate)," he said when being asked his views on child preaching in manner like saints.
He also called him "foolish" and junked Arora's claims that Lord Krishna studies with him.
"Itna murkh ladka hai wo. Wo kehta hai ki Krishna uske sath padhta hai... bhagwan kya uske sath padenge? Maine to Vrindavan mai bhi usko danta tha," Swamin said which translates to: "He's such a foolish boy. He says that Krishna studies with him... will God really study with him? Even in Vrindavan, I used to scold him."
In a recent development, India TV has reported that Abhinav has taken legal action after he received 'serious threats'. His lawyer Dr Kislay Pandey has said that a "campaign has been behind tarnishing the image of Abhinav, with such videos making rounds online."
He also claimed that the viral video in which the elder godman is criticising Arora is edited with extra effects to give a dramatic effect.
"If Swami Rambhadracharya only asked him to step down, where’s the reprimand?" India TV reported, quoting the lawyer.
Abhinav Arora is a 10-year-old "India's youngest spiritual orator", as mentioned on his Instagram.
With over 900k followers on Instagram, Abhinav has also been honoured by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.