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Religion & belief fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about religion & belief. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,371 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYReligion & belief

The newly appointed TTD Chairman YV Reddy is a converted Christian and his full name is Yehova Vincent Subba Reddy

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned the newly appointed Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board Chairman YV Subba Reddy. Social-media posts alleged that he had converted to Christianity, was a Christian evangelist, and had the full name Yehova Vincent Subba Reddy. The review treats these as two separate factual questions: his religion and his full name. Its account describes the allegations as circulating after his appointment.

FACTLYReligion & belief

the man wearing gold is related to priest in the Tirupati Balaji Temple. And his daughters can be seen wearing 125 kg gold in the image.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post paired an image of a man covered in gold ornaments with a claim that he was related to a priest at Tirupati Balaji Temple. It also claimed that the image showed the priest’s daughters wearing 125 kg of gold. The review identifies the man as Amjad Saeed, also known as Gold Man or KaKa 222, and describes him as a businessman in Rawalpindi, Pakistan—not as a relative of the temple priest. To investigate the man’s identity, the review says it cropped the image and used Yandex Reverse Image Search. It reports finding Saeed’s name and says his Facebook account provided further information, including that he runs a gold and artificial-jewellery business in Rawalpindi. The review therefore concludes that the pictured man was misidentified in the post. It does not establish who the three girls in a separate image are or verify that they wore 125 kg of gold; it says the original source of that image was not found.