Fact Check: Video showing procession by Lord Ram’s devotees makes a false claim that it was taken out in Hyderabad while it was organised in Delhi
The idol of Lord Ram will be consecrated in Ayodhya Ram Mandir on January 22, 2024. Before this, Akshat Kalash yatra processions are being taken out in various parts of the country. Thousands of men and women are participating in Akshat Kalash yatra, which is a procession of people with an urn of worshipped sacred rice.
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The idol of Lord Ram will be consecrated in Ayodhya Ram Mandir on January 22, 2024. Before this, Akshat Kalash yatra processions are being taken out in various parts of the country. Thousands of men and women are participating in Akshat Kalash yatra, which is a procession of people with an urn of worshipped sacred rice. These processions of Akshat Kalash Yatra are taking place in various parts of India and such a procession was taken out in Hyderabad too.
A video showing thousands of women carrying urns filled with holy rice is shared with claims by some users that it shows a procession of devotees in Ayodhya, and a few other users are sharing this as Akshat Kalash Yatra in Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad).
A few users shared the viral video with the claim ‘Ayodhya ||अयोध्या के लिए भक्तों का प्
Or claim in Tamil ‘அயோத்தியில் பெண்களின் தீ
Some other users are sharing the same viral video with the claim in hindi ‘जय श्रीराम..अक्षता कलश यात्रा, भाग्यनगर (हैदराबाद )’
When translated, it claims: ‘Jai Shri Ram..Akshta Kalash Yatra, Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad)’
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The video is dated back to July 2023, when Kalash Yatra was conducted in Greater Noida in Delhi.
A reverse image search on the keyframes extracted from the video shows a few videos published in July 2023.
The viral video shared on Facebook in July 2023, with the title ‘Devo ki Nagri devbhoomi Baba Bageswar Dham Sarkar I Jai Shree Ram #Bhageshwardham #delhi’
According to an article published on navbharattimes.com, which shared the snapshots from the viral video states that ‘Kalash Yatra started before organizing the Darbar: A big Kalash Yatra was organized on Sunday before the celebration of Divya Darbar in Greater Noida. Thousands of people, especially women, participated enthusiastically in this. About 3 kilometers long Kalash Yatra was taken out.’
According to opindia.com, on the first day of the Hanuman Katha recitation program by Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri (Bhagheswar Dham Maharaj), around 11,000 women participated in a kalash yatra. The Kalash yatra was organized by Tinka Ek Sahara.
Though there has been an Akshat Kalash yatra in Hyderabad which was started by BJP MP K. Laxman, the visuals do not match the viral video.
Hence, the viral video does not show the procession in Ayodhya or Akshat Kalash yatra in Hyderabad, it shows the Kalash yatra that was led in Greater Noida, Delhi in July 2023. The claim is False.