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Fact Check: Ganesh sculpture from oranges made in France but NOT in Holland

Recently, a video showing a huge idol of Ganesh made of oranges with a caption “Holland is said to be the oranges capital in the world. The locals use the best part of their harvest to celebrate the festival of Vinayaka Chaturthi. Please see the unique ceremony they perform.”

By 6 Sep 2022 5:12 AM GMT
Fact Check: Ganesh sculpture from oranges made in France but NOT in Holland

Ganesh Chaturthi is dedicated to Lord Ganesha, the god of wisdom, wealth and fortune. It is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Indian communities. Ganesh Chatruthi is celebrated across India and also in countries like Canada, Mauritius, USA, etc.

Recently, a video showing a huge idol of Ganesh made of oranges with a caption "Holland is said to be the oranges capital in the world. The locals use the best part of their harvest to celebrate the festival of Vinayaka Chaturthi. Please see the unique ceremony they perform."

Telugu Post also found that this video was recently shared by celebrities like Arjun Rampal too on Instagram.

https://www.facebook.com/100076669887410/videos/467305031749965/?idorvanity=850742685673148



This claim went viral previously in 2021 too.

Fact check:

The claim that the video shows Ganesh Chatruthi celebrations in Holland is FALSE. The Ganesha idol seen in the video was created in Menton, France, as a part of lemon festival.

When the key frames extracted from the video were searched using Google reverse image search, we found several stock images of the Ganesha made of oranges mentioning that it is from Menton, France, taken on 18th February, 2018.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-menton-france-18th-feb-2018-menton-france-february-18-2018-85e-fete-175130661.html

Taking the clue from this, we searched with keywords "Lemon festival in Menton", showing several articles sharing similar images.

According to an article in The Week, a Bollywood-themed festival was celebrated in the Southern French Riviera town of Menton during its 85th edition of Fete-du-Citron (Lemon Festival)

Efe.com, a French publication, published the images of the sculptures made of oranges and lemons. We can see the sculpture of Ganesha also in these images.

The same image was published on Reuters pictures on February 15, 2018 with the caption "A sculpture made with lemons and oranges which depicts elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is seen during the 85th Lemon festival around the theme "Bollywood" in Menton, France, February 15, 2018. "

Hence, an art sculpture created using oranges and lemons as part of Lemon Festival celebrated in Menton, France, in February 2018 is shared with a false narrative as that from Holland. The claim is FALSE.

Claim :   Ganesh sculpture from oranges made in Holland
Claimed By :  Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Social Media
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - Ganesh Chaturthi is dedicated to Lord Ganesha, the god of wisdom, wealth and fortune. It is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Indian communities. Ganesh Chatruthi is celebrated across India and also in countries like Canada, Mauritius, USA, etc.
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A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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