Video of woman singing devotional song on flight shared with false communal spin

What's being claimed?

A video of a woman in a white coat and a pink shirt clapping and singing inside a flight has been shared online, claiming it was in response to a Muslim man offering namaz or Islamic prayer inside the flight. The video shows the woman singing a song named 'Namo Namo Shankar' from the Hindi movie 'Kedarnath', and a cabin crew member recording the woman.

An X (formerly Twitter) user shared the video and wrote, "A Muslim guy started Namaz in the flight, A Hindu woman started singing Namo Namo Shakara Bhajan…  Salute to this brave Sanatani Lioness…  Share this maximum please (sic)." The post had 36,000 likes and 8,000 retweets. The archive of similar posts can be found here and here. 

Screenshot of the viral video shared online. (Source: X/Modified by Logically Facts)

However, the video is from March 2024 and shows a devotional singer singing on the occasion of International Women's Day 2024.

Here are the facts

Through reverse image search, we found that the woman singing in the video is an artist and devotional singer, Nisha Shivdasani. We found a video on Shivdasani's YouTube channel (archive here), uploaded on March 8, 2024. The video was captioned, "happy international Women's day 2024 | Nisha Shivdasani | Indigoairline thank you." In the video, she introduces herself to other passengers and extends wishes on International Women's Day. 

We compared the viral video and found that Nisha's attire matched the viral video. We can spot a man in a red cap sitting in one of the seats in the viral video in this video as well.

Comparison of viral video with YouTube video. (Source: YouTube)

We found no evidence or reports of a Muslim man offering namaz on an Indigo Airlines flight recently. Logically Facts has contacted Indigo Airlines for comment. The check will be updated once we receive a response. 

The verdict

A six-month-old video of a devotional singer singing a song on the occasion of 2024 International Women's Day was shared with the false claim that she did so in response to a Muslim man offering namaz on the flight.