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Visuals show a European church transformed into a Hindu temple
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The claim concerns a viral video in which a cross on a church steeple is replaced by a Hindu religious symbol. The post described the visuals as showing a church in Europe being converted into a temple. FACTLY’s review says the video does show a church converted into a temple, but disputes the European location: it identifies the building as the Paranitya Narasimha Ashram and temple in West Elmira, New York. The review describes how it checked the location: a keyword search led to a news report identifying the church-temple as being in Elmira, New York. It also reports that Bhakti Marga bought a closed Catholic church there and renovated it into an ashram and temple. This evidence addresses the key distinction in the claim: the conversion shown occurred, but the location was not Europe. The review connects the video to the temple’s inauguration, held from 31 August to 3 September 2023. It says the viral video shows highlights of that event and was posted on Instagram by Bhakti Marga. Thus, the post’s misrepresentation was about where the footage came from, not whether the building had been converted.
His name is Rafiq. What is his business? He drapes Sarees on Hindu women in Hindu marriages and functions. Hindus are inviting people who don’t differentiate between Bhai and Jaan. They are inviting their own doom. It’s an old video but we have to keep reminding.
Publisher’s rating: False
This video shows that “'Shri Rudram Stotram' was recited at the White House in America.
Publisher’s rating: False
శూద్రుడి ఇంట్లో భోజనం చేస్తే సమస్త పృథ్వీ మలాన్ని తిన్నట్టేనని – మహాభారతంలోని అనుశాసనిక పర్వంలో కృష్ణుడు ధర్మరాజుతో ఇలా అన్నాడు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
அமெரிக்காவில் உள்ள வெள்ளை மாளிகையில் “ஸ்ரீ ருத்ரம் ஸ்தோத்திரம்” பாராயணம் செய்யப்பட்டது. அமெரிக்கர்கள் இவ்வளவு சுத்தமாக உச்சரிக்க முடியும் என்று கற்பனை செய்து பார்க்க முடியாது. பெரிய பெருமையா? “ஸ்ரீ ருத்ரம் ஸ்தோத்திரம்”ஜெஃப்ரி அர்ஹார்ட் அவர்களால் வெள்ளைமாளிகையில் வாசிக்கப்பட்டது.
Publisher’s rating: False
అమెరికాలోని వైట్ హౌస్లో అమెరికన్లు ‘శ్రీ రుద్రం స్తోత్రం’ పఠించారు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Shiv temple was demolished in Andhra Pradesh, the tomb was not even touched to widen the road. Are all equal in secular rule?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Telangana Chief Minister KCR, inaugurated a Mosque at the state secretariat, ignoring other religions
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The claim concerns K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) taking part in the inauguration of a mosque within Telangana’s new state secretariat, and presents that event as evidence that the government ignored other religions. The review confirms that KCR participated in the mosque’s inauguration, but says the claim leaves out other places of worship built at the same premises. (The review describes a circulating video and says it depicts KCR at the inauguration.)
İlk Diyanet İşleri Başkanı Rıfat Börekçi’nin Yahudi olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Video of Americans reciting ‘Shri Rudram Stotram’ at the White House in America
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The claim is that a video shows Americans reciting ‘Shri Rudram Stotram’ at the White House. FACTLY reports that the footage instead shows Rudram 11, an event held in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2018. It says that no such event took place at the White House. The review describes checking keyframes from the video with reverse image search. It found the event identified as taking place in Croatia in 2018. A YouTube description associated with the footage called it “Rudram and Chamakam performed by 400+ Europeans in Croatia” and said the European Veda association would perform the work at multiple places in Europe for world peace. FACTLY also says it traced the event to Veda Union, a network seeking to unite European Vedic chanting groups, and identified Rudram 11 as one of its activities in Zagreb. The review notes that Veda Union founders Vojko Kercan and Branimir Goanan appear performing in the viral video. These details identify the footage as a European event in Croatia, not a White House event in America.
கவனமாக இரு. இந்துக்களின் ஒரு தவறான வாக்கு இந்தியாவை நமது தேசத்தின் இஸ்லாமியமயமாக்கலை நோக்கி தள்ளும். ஏற்கனவே கர்நாடகாவில் நடக்கிறது. த்வஜ வந்தனாவின் போது பர்காவில் பெண் கலெக்டர். பரேட் பரிசோதனையின் போது கூட அவள் அணிந்திருக்கும் ஹிஜாப் ஐ பார்க்க. பிரான்சில் இப்படிதான் தொடங்கியது..
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
به برکت انقلاب امروز هزار مسجد، دوازه هزار ائمه جمعه و جماعت و صدها مرکز دینی اهل سنت در کشور وجود دارد.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Claim: 2018 dated Croatia video shared as hindu worship held at the White House
Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE
The claim concerns a video circulated as showing Hindu worship at the White House. Fact Crescendo’s review examined that video and reports that its investigation traced the footage to a Hindu ritual held in Zagreb, Croatia—not to the White House. The video’s accompanying social-media text said that Hindu dharma had reached the White House, and the review notes that the post it examined was shared on Facebook on September 1, 2023. The review’s conclusion is that the White House setting was falsely attributed to footage from Croatia. (S1) To investigate, the reviewers converted frames from the video into images and searched for them using Google reverse image search. They report finding the video on social-media pages dating back to 2018, including a YouTube upload that described it as a Shri Rudram and Chamakam ceremony for world peace in Croatia. That older circulation and description pointed to an event separate from the 2023 White House claim. (S1) The review then checked the European Vedic Association’s website. It says the site identified the ritual as having taken place in Zagreb on March 3 and 4, 2018, and published photographs from the event. The reviewers compared those photographs with the video and report that scenes from the video also appeared in the event’s photo collection. This match between the video’s scenes and photographs associated with the dated Zagreb event is the review’s key evidence for identifying the footage’s actual setting. (S1) The evidence described supports the conclusion that the video was not filmed at the White House: it was circulated before the 2023 post, was identified as footage of a Croatian ceremony, and matched photographs of the Zagreb event. The review does not describe a separate examination of White House records or identify the people shown; its stated case rests on tracing and matching the media to the Croatia event. (S1)
அயோத்தியில், தினமும் இரவில் யாரும் இல்லாத நேரத்தில் குரங்கு வந்து ராமர் கோவிலில் வழிபாடு செய்து வந்தது. ஒரு நாள் இரவு, அந்த கோவிலின் அர்ச்சகர் ஒருவர், இந்த சம்பவத்தை கண்டு ஆச்சரியமடைந்தார். மறுநாள், குரங்கு மீண்டும் வந்தது. அதே சமயம், இந்தக் குரங்கின் ராம பக்தியைக் கண்டு வியந்தான். இது மொபைலில் படம் பிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தற்போது அந்த வீடியோ வைரலாக பரவி வரும் நிலையில், மனிதர்களைப் போலவே விலங்குகளுக்கும் கடவுள் பக்தி இருக்கிறது என்பதை மறந்து விடாதீர்கள்.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
కర్ణాటకలోని ఒక ముస్లిం మహిళా కలెక్టర్ బురఖా ధరించి జండా వందనం చేసారు
Publisher’s rating: FALSE