Bengalurus nationalist pothole goes viral: India-shaped crater stuns residents on Panathur-Balagere highway

Published on: Sept 13, 2025 11:28 am IST

A viral picture of a pothole in Bengaluru resembling India’s map sparked humor and sarcasm on-line.

A pothole on Panathur-Balagere Road in Bengaluru has gone viral after an X person shared a picture displaying it remarkably resembles the map of India.

The submit triggered a mixture of humour, satire, and patriotic banter on-line.(X/@Hamsaa04)

The submit, captioned “#Bengaluru Can you guess the form of the pothole?” and shared by @pavitraholla, shortly attracted widespread consideration.

The submit triggered a mixture of humour, satire, and patriotic banter on-line. Some X customers identified the irony, saying, “More than the form, it tells the destiny of the widespread man.” Others joked, “It’s not a pothole. It’s a rainwater harvesting method patented by ‘Guarantee’ Sarakara.”

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Check out the viral submit right here:

How did X customers react?

The picture additionally prompted playful nationalistic reactions, with one person calling it a “Nationalist pothole!” and one other including, “Undivided India, Bangalore exhibits the best way.” Some netizens took a extra sarcastic tone, asking, “By some twisted logic rampant in our society at the moment, will repairing this pothole be thought-about unpatriotic?”

Adding to the enjoyable, some instructed photoshopping the photographs with photos of Karnataka’s Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister earlier than sharing.

Bengaluru’s poor highway circumstances made headlines once more on Friday when a faculty bus carrying round 20 kids narrowly averted toppling on the severely broken Panathur-Balagere Road. According to social media posts, the bus bought caught in a big, slushy crater, forcing the youngsters to be evacuated by way of the again door. Fortunately, no accidents had been reported.

A video and a number of other photographs of the incident shortly circulated on-line, drawing widespread outrage from residents. Many highlighted the irony that this very stretch of highway had been inspected by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar only a few months in the past.

“A faculty bus carrying round 20 youngsters virtually toppled on the crater-filled, slushy Panathur–Balagere highway. Children needed to be rescued by way of the again door. Ironically, CM & DyCM had visited and inspected this very stretch only a few months in the past,” a involved resident wrote on social media.

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