SEE mysterious object villagers worship as a 'god' (photos)

- Villagers in an Indian town are worshipping a motorcycle as a deity

- Local legend has it that its owner had an accident with it and died

- Whenever locals removed it from the accident scene, it reportedly always reappeared there

This is the bizarre story of how villagers in the Indian city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, came to worship an old motorcycle.

According to local legend, the Royal Enfield 350cc motorcycle's owner suffered an accident at the site where the temple housing the motorcycle stands.

The accident is said to have occurred on December 23, 1988 and the rider, identified as 23-year-old Om Singh Rathore, passed away on the spot.

Locals worship this motorcycle. Photo: YouTube/Rosingh Tolankey Tawao

The locals believe that when police took the motorcycle to the local station, it mysteriously vanished and reappeared at the accident scene.

The police officers thought that Rathore's relatives must have taken it back to the site. They therefore emptied it of fuel and removed its chain. However, the same thing happened again, it magically went missing and was found at the scene again.

Locals believe the motorcycle kept vanishing and reappearing at the scene of the accident. Photo: YouTube/Rosingh Tolankey Tawao

Even after Rathore's family sold the bike to a buyer 400km away, it still reappeared at the same scene. Eventually, the villagers believed that both Rathore and the bike were deities to be worshiped.

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They therefore decided to build a temple at the site of the accident, where the motorcycle is on display. They called it "Om Banna Temple."