The claim
The viral photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin reading the Bhagavad Gita.
Original review summary
FACTLY reports that the viral image was identified as AI-generated by Google SynthID and Hive AI-detection tools. It says Modi did present Putin with a Russian edition of the Bhagavad Gita, but no authentic official photo of Putin reading it had been published.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026