Deers spotted on the streets of Ooty during the coronavirus lockdown in India.

The picture of deers in Ooty is actually from Nara, an ancient city of Japan from 2014 and not from Ooty during the lockdown period.

The picture of deers in Ooty is actually from Nara, an ancient city of Japan from 2014 and not from Ooty during the lockdown period. An image of deers sitting on the street was circulated on Twitter claiming that deers were spotted in Ooty, a town in India. However, by using a reverse image search, we found that the image is actually from Nara, an ancient city of Japan in 2014.

The city of Nara has a tradition where people feed the deers in the winter season. The musicians play Beethoven Symphony No. 6 to gather deers and feed them. Hundreds of deers come out of the Kansai National park into the streets of Nara to be fed by people.

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