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Religion & belief fact checks

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

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FACTLYReligion & belief

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni donated a 21kg gold bow and arrow to Ayodhya Ram Mandir, and Italy has set up the World’s Largest Bhagavad Gita

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review found no reliable reports that Giorgia Meloni donated a 21kg gold bow and arrow to the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. It reports that the world’s largest and heaviest Bhagavad Gita is at Delhi’s ISKCON temple, and mentions separate gold-bow donations to Ayodhya by Indian temple organizations.

Fact CrescendoReligion & belief

Claim: different video being shared as ayodhya ram temple hundial collection

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The review says the video predates the Ayodhya temple’s opening and was shared from September 2023, so it is not footage of donations at the newly opened temple. It identifies the footage as coming from the Sanwalia Seth Krishna temple in Rajasthan.

FACTLYReligion & belief

Hindu mythology portrayed the earth as spherical long before the commonly held belief that it was flat until the 5th century since Varaha lifted a spherical earth

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The review says ancient depictions of Varaha typically show him carrying Bhudevi, a personification of Earth, rather than a flat or spherical Earth. It adds that some medieval illustrations depict a flat Earth and concludes there is no conclusive evidence that Hindu scriptures refer to Earth as spherical. (“Ancient architecture depicting this legend represented Varaha holding personified earth or Bhudevi and not flat or spherical earth”; “there is no conclusive evidence indicating that Hindu scriptures refer to the Earth as spherical.”)