Fact Check: 12 golden vahana were donated to Bhadrachalam Sri Rama, not Ayodhya Ram
After the consecration ceremony held on January 22, 2024, the Ayodhya Ram temple has received more than Rs 11 crore
Claim :
The NRI Association from the USA donates 12 gold vahanas to Lord Rama in AyodhyaFact :
The video shows the donation made by the NRI Vasavi Association to Lord Sri Ram temple in Bhadrachalam
After the consecration ceremony held on January 22, 2024, the Ayodhya Ram temple has received more than Rs 11 crore as donations from the devotees. According to the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, around 25 lakh devotees visited the Ram Temple in 11 days.
Meanwhile, a video showing various golden vahana or chariots is in circulation with the claim that NRI Vasavi Association USA has donated 12 golden vahanas to Lord Ram in Ayodhya Temple.
The video shows 12 different ornamented and beautifully carved vahanas made out of gold.
Fact Check:
The claim is Misleading. The video shows 12 golden vahanas donated by NRI Vasavi Association to the Lord Rama temple in Bhadrachalam in March 2023.
When we extracted the keyframes from the video and performed Google reverse image search, we found a video report published by V6 Telugu news with the title “12 New Gold Divya Vahana Pratishta At Bhadrachalam Temple, NRI Vasavi Sangham Donate Vahanas| V6 News” on March 21, 2023. This video shows similar shots as in the viral video.
When searched further, we found reports in Telugu language that stated 12 new golden vehicles have reached the treasury of Bhadrachalam Sri Sitaramachandraswamy temple. Pravasandhra Arya Vaishya Association has provided financial assistance of Rs 75 lakhs for the manufacture of these vehicles. As per the advice and instructions of the Vedic committee of the temple, the vehicles were crafted by skilled artisans belonging to Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
The vahanas donated are Sarvabhauma, Hanuman, Kalpavriksha, Simhasana, Hamsa, Simha, Gaja, Asva, Chandraprabha, Suryaprabha, Garuda and Sesha vehicles.When we searched for reports of donations to the Ayodhya Ram Temple, we could not find any on donations of Golden Vahanas to Ram Lalla. Therefore, the claim is Misleading. The video shows the donation of the NRI Association of golden vahana to Bhadrachalam Lord Rama and not to Ram Lalla in Ayodhya.
