Video of Muslims decorating a special train running to Halkatta Shareef Dargah shared as them decorating a train from Hyderabad to West Bengal - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 7, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the visuals of Muslims decorating a train en route from Telangana’s Hyderabad to West Bengal. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Muslims decorating a train travelling from Telangana’s Hyderabad to West Bengal.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows Muslims decorating a special train that ran between Hyderabad and Wadi junction for pilgrims attending the 46th Anniversary Celebrations of Urs – e – Shareef of Great Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badesha Quadri Chisthy Yamani at Karnataka’s Halkatta Shareef Dargah on 01 August 2023. Every year, Indian Railways assigns dedicated trains to pilgrims participating in special events at Halkatta Shareef. Before embarking on their journey to the site, these pilgrims decorate the trains with Islamic signs and banners. The video does not show Muslims decorating a normal train travelling between Hyderabad and West Bengal. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals of a train decorated with a Dargah board was found published by a YouTube channel in October 2017. This user described it as the visuals of a train allocated for pilgrims travelling to Halkatta Shareef Dargah in the Kalaburagi district in Karnataka. When we searched for further sources using relevant information, we found the same train in a video published by a YouTube channel on 02 August 2023. This YouTube channel published the video describing it is the visuals from the 46th Anniversary Celebrations of Urs – e – Shareef of Great Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badesha Quadri Chisthy Yamani at s Halkatta Shareef Dargah in the Kalaburagi district in Karnataka.
A few other videos related to the 46th Anniversary Celebrations of Urs – e – Shareef that show the visuals of the same train can be seen here and here.
In order to avoid the extra rush of pilgrims attending the 46th Anniversary Celebrations of Urs – e – Shareef of Great Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badesha Quadri Chisthy Yamani on 01 August 2023, the South Central Railway allocated four special trains between Hyderabad and Wadi junction.
Every year, Indian Railways runs special trains for pilgrims attending special events at Halkatta Shareef Dargah in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi. Pilgrims decorated these special trains with Dargah boards, Islamic placards, and others. A few videos showing past celebrations of pilgrims attending Halkatta Shareef Dargah from Hyderabad can be seen here and here.
Indian Railways arranged special trains on the occasion of Char Dham Yatra,  Ganga Pushkaras, and other special Hindu events. The video shared in the post does not show Muslims decorating a regular train moving from Hyderabad to West Bengal.
To sum it up, a video of Muslims decorating a special train allocated for Halkatta Shareef Dargah is shared as them decorating a train from Hyderabad to West Bengal.