| Budhia was born into a poor family in Odisha. |
| His father passed away when he was just a baby. |
| Due to extreme poverty, his mother sold him to a traveling agent for 800 INR in 2004. |
| Upon seeing Budhia being mistreated, his mother sought help from local Judo Coach and orphanage operator, Biranchi Das, who rescued Budhia and brought him to his orphanage. |
| Biranchi Das disciplined Budhia once by making him run as punishment and inadvertently left him running for 5 hours. |
| Under the guidance of Biranchi Das, Budhia completed an astonishing 48 marathons by the time he turned 4 years old. |
| When he was four, Budhia ran a remarkable 65 kilometers from Bhubaneswar to Puri in 7 hours and 2 minutes, becoming the world's youngest marathon runner. |
| Budhia gained fame at a young age and appeared in various TV commercials. |
| In 2011, a documentary called "Marathon Boy" chronicling Budhia and Das was released, supported by BBC Storyville and HBO and received an EMMY nomination. |
| Despite his early success, Budhia's popularity waned, and reports suggest he struggles to win school races now. |
| A Bollywood feature film about Budhia's life, "Budhia – Born to Run," starring Manoj Bajpayee, was slated for release in August 2016. |
