Claim: A viral post purportedly shows a foreign woman tourist being harassed by a man in India.
Conclusion: The claim is misleading. The core incident described is real, but it actually occurred at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal proved by the tourist’s own vlog on Instagram and YouTube. The tourist is Thai and the video has been falsely attributed to India.
Rating: Misleading 
Several social media users have shared a post, describing how a foriegn female tourist was harassed by a man in India. Verified X user ‘AjayKumaarJi’ shared such a post, claiming a foreign girl visiting temples in India was harassed after giving ₹200 to a man who asked for ₹20 while she ate roadside. The man allegedly grabbed her hand and behaved inappropriately until locals intervened. The post urges Indians to uphold “Atithi Devo Bhava” and can be seen below –
A foreign girl had come to India for travelling and was visiting temples when she stopped to eat something on the roadside.
That’s when a young man approached her and asked for ₹20.
Thinking he needed help, the girl gave him ₹200 instead.But what allegedly happened next left… pic.twitter.com/2wOwX8G46k
— Ajay Kumar (@AjayKumaarJi) May 6, 2026
Other users have shared similar claims that can be seen here
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found it to be misleading. The incident shown in the viral clip did take place, but it happened at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, as confirmed through the tourist’s own Instagram and YouTube vlogs. The woman is a Thai national, and the footage has been wrongly linked to India.
Details:
We first conducted a reverse image search on the images shared in the claim to learn more about the incident. The search took us to an Instagram post by nepal.360 that showcases an extended version of the footage. The post clearly states that “A disturbing video from Pashupatinath area shows a Thai tourist being harassed during a visit to Nepal.”
Following this, another result took us to a post by nepal_hotspot that was captioned, “A video circulating on social media shows a Thai tourist being hara’ssed within the premises of the Pashupatinath area in Kathmandu.”
Lastly, we searched for the original source of the post by the vlogger herself and learnt that her channel name is ‘mintnawinda’. She had posted this clip on May 3, 2026 with the caption (translated into English) : “I was just out for a casual stroll when I suddenly encountered this situation. Normally, I wouldn’t give anything—but they told me they were hungry.”
View this post on Instagram
Next, we searched across her official Youtube channel for the full vlog and this specific moment of harassment. We landed on her video titled “🇳🇵Trying CRAZY Nepal Street Food for the First Time! Buffalo Meat… I Didn’t Expect This”. From the title, it is clear that she was on a trip to Nepal where the incident occurred and not India.
At the 38:18 timestamp, the man approaches her, asks for money then behaves inappropriately. View this moment below –
Thus, the location is actually Nepal, not India.
The claim is misleading.
