(MENAFN- Live Mint) American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira has found himself at the centre of the Internet's fury after his video allegedly depicted the Gorehabba festival, a cow dung-flinging ritual in a remote Indian village, in a negative light.

In the Gorehabba festival of Karnataka's Gumatapura, villagers hurl dried cow dung at each other as part of a post-Diwali tradition. Oliveira was criticised for ignoring the significance behind the ritual and was branded as a“racist”.

The 25-year-old influencer shared a teaser clip titled“Inside India's Poop-Throwing Festival” on X, which quickly garnered more than 5 million views and attracted hate from Indian users.

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In a now-deleted post, Oliveira shared a picture of himself in a hazmat suit and goggles covered in brown smears following the event.

“Happy Diwali! Yes, I went to India's poop throwing festival. It was the s**tiest experience of my life. I will never go back. Please pray that I survive,” he wrote, accompanying the post with a poop emoji.

After the backlash, the YouTuber shared another post with screengrabs showing that his video was under censorship now because of mass reporting from Indian users who claimed he was smearing their country.

“My videos capturing India's poop-throwing festivals are already getting mass reported,” he wrote in the tweet.

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Tyler Oliveira has more than 8 million subscribers on YouTube and has been accused of

“Why do you have to come to India and then record a video of a cow dung festival by going in the middle of the event and then cry like a loser!” an Indian social media user wrote.

“This may be a one-day festival in India, but you people, by not washing your a** with water, play this festival daily, I assume,” another user added.

Several users also claimed that Oliveira had been hired to tarnish India's reputation.

“He's not here to explore; he's here to defame. It's hard to believe this isn't part of a planned smear campaign,” said a user.

“He is known for spreading racism & misinformation,” added another.

Another user said,“You literally used India's name without referring to the village name. This points out that 1.5 billion people of India enjoy the cow dung festival. Your tweet is misleading.”

“I hate that your videos are making others think this happens all over India, and it doesn't. Just in this part of the country,” another user highlighted.

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In a separate post, the YouTuber shared an Indian user's comment and said,“Indians think Pakistanis funded my trip to the poop festival.”

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