Atul🇮🇳 (Modi Ka Parivar)

Dear Media colleagues Pl read the X below and the see the video attached to it This is about a son who prayed if his mother who was seriously ill recovered he will go to 12 Jyotirlingas and chardhams by foot His mother recovered. He set out to fulfill his sacred vow. He started on March 15, 2026 and ran, yes ran, @50 km per hour and has so far covered 8000 km and 5 Jyotir Lingas He carries nothing on hand. He is fed and taken care of by the society This is what the Grok check says A man from Bihar is fulfilling a vow by running to all 12 Jyotirlingas plus the 4 Dhams after his mother recovered from illness, demonstrating extreme filial devotion and faith. Video shows him running shirtless with tilak and garland along roads, accompanied by police escorts and large supportive crowds filming and cheering in towns. The post draws parallels to Shravan Kumar and addresses critics by stressing universal respect for a mother's love regardless of background. The story matches multiple news reports and social media posts about a 19-year-old from Bihar named Monu Meturbala (also referred to as Monu Betora from the Betora/Patna area).⁠ Newsable.asianetnews⁠Bhaskar Key details from media coverage He began the run on March 15, 2026, from Patna after his mother (named Lalti Devi in some reports) recovered from a serious illness. He had vowed to Lord Shiva that he would visit all 12 Jyotirlingas by running if she got better; he later added the Char Dhams.⁠ Newsable.asianetnews He covers roughly 50 km per day on foot with no vehicle, relying on local support for food and shelter. Reports say he has already covered about 8,000 km and visited five of the 12 Jyotirlingas. He started with Baba Baidyanath Dham (Deoghar) and was recently reported in Maharashtra (areas like Parbhani and Trimbakeshwar), where locals welcomed him.⁠ Newsable.asianetnews The viral video (shirtless with tilak/garland, crowds and police interaction) matches the original X post and has been widely shared. Coverage includes: Asianet Newsable (English) and its Hindi/Marathi versions: “A Son’s Ultimate Promise…” and similar headlines.⁠ Newsable.asianetnews Local Dainik Bhaskar reports from March 2026 documenting the start of the journey (e.g., in Deoghar and Hisua).⁠Bhaskar Telugu news sites and YouTube videos (e.g., V6 Velugu, Webdunia, and channels covering the story). Numerous X/Twitter posts amplifying the original video, including from accounts like @NewsMatrixIND, @Nalanda_index, @News9Tweets, and others praising the devotion and comparing him to Shravan Kumar.⁠X Earlier local reports confirm the vow and start date, while recent viral coverage (mid-October 2026) has made it widely known. Note that name/location details vary slightly across reports (Araria vs. Patna area), and some older or unrelated stories exist of other Bihar individuals walking or cycling similar routes Who's Shravan Kumar to whom this boy is compared with Shravan Kumar is a legendary figure from the Hindu epic Ramayana, celebrated as the ideal example of extreme filial devotion His aged, blind parents (named Shantanu and Jnanavant) were hermits who wished to go on a pilgrimage to sacred places in their old age to purify their souls. Since they could not walk and transport was unavailable or unaffordable, Shravan carried them in two baskets suspended from a bamboo pole balanced on his shoulders and walked with them to the holy sites. Now you read next