Gwalior Yoga Murals Defaced With Sexualised Scratches as Video Shows Local Repair

Overview

• Simple black silhouettes of women in yoga poses on a Gwalior roadside wall were deliberately scratched around private areas, turning the artwork into sexualised images.
• Journalist Piyush Rai shared a video on X showing a young man repainting the damaged sections to restore the figures to their original form.
• Follow-up posts reported that broader repainting of the wall was underway as part of local efforts to fix the damage.
• Social media users condemned the act, questioned civic standards under the Smart City initiative, and demanded legal action against those responsible.
• No suspects have been identified or police action announced in media reports, and the incident echoes a 2018 case in West Bengal where a woman's silhouette was similarly defaced.