‘Fan waale Baba ki jai ho’: Shikhar Dhawan joins ‘Laddu Muthya’ viral trend. Watch | Tendencies

Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is the latest to join the Laddu Muthya viral trend on social media. Sharing a hilarious video on Instagram, the cricketer was seen imitating the viral Laddu Muthya Baba aka ‘pankha baba’.

Videos showing the baba in a chair being lifted to a ceiling fan, where he stops with his bare hands and then blesses the men holding the chair, have been circulating on social media for a few weeks.

In his video, Dhawan sits on a chair as three men pick him up and two others are seen shaking and imitating pankha baba devotees. Following Baba’s footsteps, Dhawan raises his hand to stop the spinning fan, then takes his fingers and rubs them on his devotees’ foreheads. The trembling men calm down as they are “healed” by Dhawan’s touch.

“Fan waale Baba ki jai ho,” he captioned the video which has had a whopping 57 million views on Instagram.

Take a look at the hilarious viral video here:

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The comments section was soon flooded with fans who appreciated Dhawan’s fun side. While one called him “Entertaining Cricketer of the Year”, another said “Now this should be the end of this trend. Even brother Shikhar joined the movement.”

Who is Laddu Muthya?

Many believe that Laddu Muthya was a disabled man who ran away from home when he was young and came to Bagalkote in Karnataka to become a saint and help those in need. It is said that he lived in the city for 20 years, blessing people and asking for alms.

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Followers believe that the saint was blessed with divine power and wherever he went prosperity accompanied him. Believers say that when he visited someone’s home, they would be blessed with a sudden financial profit or if he passed by a store, their business would grow.

After witnessing his so-called miraculous powers, people started calling him “Laddu Muthya Avatar” as his name and influence grew in the region with many temples built for him. Reports say that Laddu Muthya died in 1993 and the baba seen in the viral reels is not actually Laddu Muthya but one of the priests of the temple dedicated to him.