{"id":102937,"date":"2021-09-10T19:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=102937"},"modified":"2022-05-07T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T10:57:03","slug":"fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Nandi idol wasn&#8217;t found under mosque; photo of temple renovation viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of an idol of the Hindu deity Nandi found buried in the ground has been shared with the claim that it was excavated from underneath a mosque.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117836 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi.jpg 586w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">The image is massively viral on Facebook. The viral text associated with the image is &#8211; &#8220;\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 -\u092e\u091c\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948..\u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0926\u092c\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u0936\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117837 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1560\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/nandi2-min-1536x721.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1560px) 100vw, 1560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">The same image was also viral in 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83d\udc49\u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0930\u094b , \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 ,,\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n<p>\u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f\u0926\u0942\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0930 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0938\u094d\u0925\u0932 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0902 \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 ,,,,,\u270c\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u091c\u092f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0930\u093e\u092e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZuI1pHeBs\">pic.twitter.com\/DZuI1pHeBs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u091a\u093e\u0901\u0926\u0928\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0920\u0915 (Chandni Pathak) (@ChandniPathak19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChandniPathak19\/status\/1465612050554494982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was shared on Facebook pages &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/104622693393169\/posts\/1240687276453366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092e\u0948 \u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/109348987093720\/posts\/672829717412308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0937\u094d\u0920 Fans<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-102937 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/fd45935e-78e4-45da-beaa-3b5d56cbed0c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/fd45935e-78e4-45da-beaa-3b5d56cbed0c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/fd45935e-78e4-45da-beaa-3b5d56cbed0c.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/fd45935e-78e4-45da-beaa-3b5d56cbed0c-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/7d880725-7aa0-41d6-8e11-f1e8dd3d156c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/7d880725-7aa0-41d6-8e11-f1e8dd3d156c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/7d880725-7aa0-41d6-8e11-f1e8dd3d156c.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/7d880725-7aa0-41d6-8e11-f1e8dd3d156c-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>One Rajeev Tuli tweeted the image in September 2021 and wrote, &#8220;This is the truth of every Islamic tomb or mosque.&#8221; The post had garnered over 2,800 retweets at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210909062326\/https:\/\/api.twitter.com\/1.1\/jot\/client_event.json\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u091c\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e\u0908 \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XAP7otMfNy\">pic.twitter.com\/XAP7otMfNy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 rajiv tuli (@rajivtuli69) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajivtuli69\/status\/1434376268745609221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> back then as well.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-102937 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/2021-09-09-14_43_35-the-saffron-sword-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_35-The-Saffron-Sword-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_35-The-Saffron-Sword-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg 406w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_35-The-Saffron-Sword-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-192x300.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/2021-09-09-14_43_55-1-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_55-1-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_55-1-Facebook.jpeg 514w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_43_55-1-Facebook-202x300.jpeg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-statue-of-nandi-came-out-digging-mazar-mosque\/2021-09-09-14_44_06-namo-posts-_-facebook-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_44_06-Namo-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_44_06-Namo-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-09-14_44_06-Namo-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-207x300.jpeg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search and found the original image posted by a Twitter handle named &#8216;Lost Temples&#8217;. The user wrote that a large Nandi idol was discovered during an excavation at Mohanur&#8217;s Sellandiamman Temple in the Namakkal district.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Namakkal District Mohanur Ariyur Arulmigu Cellandiamman Temple yesterday while extending the compound wall they digged the ground they found a big Nandhi murti<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/findingtemples?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@findingtemples<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lost Temples\u2122 (@LostTemple7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LostTemple7\/status\/1434037961406910466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also discovered that these images were first shared on social media on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1019268988874674&amp;id=100023747479704\">September 1, 2021<\/a>, and this post also mentions that the images were taken at a temple in the Namakkal district.<\/p>\n<p>Namakkal is located in Tamil Nadu and using this as a hint, Alt News performed a keyword search in Tamil. We found an <a href=\"https:\/\/temple.dinamalar.com\/news_detail.php?id=116629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> dated September 2 on Dinamalar about the renovation of Selandiamman Temple. An old idol of Nandi was found while workers were digging around the temple. The temple officials notified the revenue department and the concerned officials took the idol off their hands. The archaeological department is currently examining the statue currently housed at the Salem Museum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ta\">1,000 \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2qMfJFKh8\">https:\/\/t.co\/g2qMfJFKh8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5kOHYE7w2d\">pic.twitter.com\/5kOHYE7w2d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dinamalar (@dinamalarweb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dinamalarweb\/status\/1433306498130661376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tamil news portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikatan.com\/spiritual\/news\/namakkal-ancient-nandi-statue-found-in-pandeeswarar-temple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vikatan<\/a> also published a report about the Nandi idol being discovered while digging was underway around a temple in Namakkal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-20.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-20.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-20-271x300.jpeg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tamil news channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puthiyathalaimurai.com\/newsview\/114880\/Namakkal--Discovery-of-a-1000-year-old-Nandi-statue-during-the-reconstruction-work-of-the-temple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puthiya Thalaimurai TV&#8217;s broadcast<\/a> on the temple renovation can be watched below.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mUe53ekmfBc]<\/p>\n<p>A false claim was therefore promoted on social media that a Nandi idol was found under a mosque when, in fact, the idol was dug out from underneath a temple in Tamil Nadu. This is a recurring piece of misinformation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-gwalior-fort-shared-as-jain-temple-discovered-upon-demolition-of-mosque-in-karnataka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos of Gwalior Fort<\/a> were shared as Jain Temple discovered upon the demolition of a mosque. Another photo from MP was falsely shared as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-mp-shared-as-hanuman-idol-found-at-allotted-site-for-mosque-in-ayodhya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hanuman idol found<\/a> at the allotted site for a mosque in Ayodhya. An artist&#8217;s digital creation was also similarly shared as a temple discovered upon the demolition of a mosque in Karnataka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of an idol of the Hindu deity Nandi found buried in the ground has been shared with the claim that it was excavated from underneath a mosque. The image is massively viral on Facebook. The viral text associated with the image is &#8211; &#8220;\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 -\u092e\u091c\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948..\u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0926\u092c\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u0940 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":102949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-102937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Nandi idol wasn&#039;t found under mosque; photo of temple renovation viral - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Nandi idol wasn&#039;t found under mosque; photo of temple renovation viral - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A photo of an idol of the Hindu deity Nandi found buried in the ground has been shared with the claim that it was excavated from underneath a mosque. 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