A research study was undertaken in April 2021, during the COVID-19 imposed lockdown in a Jat dominated village of Haryana, India to understand the lived religion of practicing Hindus in a village as a unit with its own dynamics. The present study has its digital components less by choice and more by compulsion, necessitating the researcher to explore new avenues to study religion as a phenomenological reality. Technology mediated interactions supplemented rather than substituted for the real. Telephonic interviews and conversations were heavily relied upon in place of face-to-face interactions as a precautionary measure to minimize physical interactions. Virtual spaces, which were becoming more and more real in the context of limited physical interactions not just for researcher and participants, but also for communities at large, were explored to situate and study the phenomenon. From sampling to data analysis, each step of the research design and execution had to be rethought in light of the research question, field setting and safety protocols. These methodological shifts called for a rethinking of ethical considerations regarding informed consent and accessing online data. Power dynamics between the researcher and participant, and the persistent digital divide in the field impacted data collection and called for continuous self-questioning of the researcher’s positionality in the whole process of anthropological knowledge making.