A Rajasthan wrestling tournament video is falsely shared as showing a Save Aravalli protest
After the Supreme Court’s decision on 20 November 2025, accepting a new definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, environmental groups and citizens have strongly protested the move. The definition states that an Aravalli hill is any landform rising 100 metres or more above its local relief, and an Aravalli Range is a group of two or more such hills within 500 metres of each other. Protesters argue that this could exclude large areas currently considered part of the Aravallis and open them to mining and construction. Protests were reported in places such as Gurugram and Udaipur, where activists, along with lawyers, held banners reading “Save Aravalli, Save the Future” and “No Aravalli, No Life,” and demanded complete protection for the hills, warning that diluted safeguards could harm ecological balance, increase pollution, reduce groundwater recharge and desertification defences, and affect communities across Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat (here, here, and here). The government on the other hand clarified that this is a misleading narrative and nothing would be done without relevant studies (here and here)
Amid this, a video showing a large crowd of people in a hilly area is circulating on social media (here, here, and here), with claims that the gathering is part of the Save Aravalli movement in Rajasthan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this article.
Claim: The video shows a large gathering of people participating in the Save Aravalli movement in Rajasthan.
Fact: The video does not show a gathering for the Save Aravalli movement in Rajasthan. It actually shows visuals from a wrestling tournament held at Kariri Khanpur, Mahwa, in the Dausa district of Rajasthan. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
A reverse image search of key frames from the viral video led us to an Instagram post dated 31 August 2025 that features the same video, which predates the Aravalli Hills controversy that began in November 2025. The post’s description stated that the video is from Rajasthan’s biggest wrestling tournament, held at Kariri Khanpur, Mahwa.
Drawing on clues from the Instagram post, we conducted a Google search using relevant keywords. We found a video uploaded on 31 August 2025 on the YouTube channel JAGAT TAK NEWS titled “Todabhim: Kariri Ghazipur wrestling match | These two fought well till the very last moment.” The video is a compilation of multiple clips that appear to have been shot at the same location as the viral video. In this, the same sitting crowd and posters visible on the surrounding buildings can be seen, matching the visuals from the viral clip.
To sum up, a Rajasthan wrestling tournament video is falsely shared as showing a Save Aravalli protest.