Those who have travelled by the Mumbai local train know that it’s never an ordinary journey. One is bound to come across something extraordinary.This time, too, commuters aboard a packed Mumbai local train were left astonished after they spotted a hawk travelling inside a compartment, calmly perched on the turban of a female Nihang Sikh passenger.The unusual incident was reportedly recorded on August 15, 2026, on a local train running between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) and Kalyan.A video of the encounter, shared on Instagram by user Akshay Palav, has since gone viral across social media.The 40-second clip shows the bird sitting steadily atop the woman’s turban while fellow passengers are watching and filming the bird.