Fact Check: Image of Lord Shri Ram was NOT projected on Burj Khalifa
An image of Lord Shri Ram projected onto the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is being shared virally on social media accounts with the narrative that on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami, the world’s largest building Burj Khalifa depicted an LED image of Lord Ram.
An image of Lord Shri Ram projected onto the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is being shared virally on social media accounts with the narrative that on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami, the world’s largest building Burj Khalifa depicted an LED image of Lord Ram.
Burj Khalifa is an iconic building in Dubai that is famous for its attractive and unique laser projections and shows. The skyscraper is lit up six times every day between 7.45 pm to 10.45 pm.
Rama Navami was celebrated on March 30, 2023 marking the birth of Lord Shri Ram, worshipped by Hindus.
The image is shared with a claim in Telugu: “శ్రీరామ నవమి శుభ సందర్భంగా,ప్రపంచంలోనే అత్యంత ఎత్తైన మరియు మన దుబాయ్ గర్వించదగిన భవనం బుర్జ్ ఖలీఫాలో శ్రీరాముని చిత్రపటం...జై శ్రీరామ్!”
Fact Check:
The claim is false. Lord Ram’s image has not been projected on Burj Khalifa, the image is digitally altered. When we performed Google reverse image search, we found that the image is a stock image published in istock in 2015.
We also searched for the viral image on the official Facebook page of Burj Khalifa and found no such images shared on the account. The recent post shared the building lit up on the occasion of World Autism Awareness day.
It was also lit up on the occasion of the 52nd Independence Day of Bangladesh.
There is no post marking the occasion of Ram Navami. Nor there has been any news of any such lighting show.
On further investigation, the image with the same background was found on the stock images website, istockphoto.com. There is no lighting of Lord Ram on the building but every other detail matches the viral image.
The same image was found on adobe stock images also.
Therefore, the claim that Burj Khalifa was lit up with Lord Sri Ram’s image is false. The image has been digitally altered.
