{"id":105372,"date":"2021-10-19T19:14:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=105372"},"modified":"2021-10-19T19:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:44:57","slug":"durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Durga Puja pandal displaying namaz timings is from Bangladesh, not West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a Durga Puja pandal is widespread on social media. The image shows that a board has been placed outside the pandal that displays the timings of Islamic prayers. Several people have claimed that this pandal is in West Bengal where Hindus were asked to not offer prayers when namaz will be offered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NitinShuklaIn\/posts\/431960101623111\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NitinShuklaIn\/posts\/431960101623111\"><p>\u092d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0932\u094b\u0915 \u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0917\u093e \u092a\u0902\u0921\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u0939\u0948, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u092d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u0916 \u0930\u0916\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u0940 \u0907\u0938 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NitinShuklaIn\">Nitin Shukla \u0928\u093f\u0924\u093f\u0928 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NitinShuklaIn\/posts\/431960101623111\">Friday, 15 October 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The image has been shared on both Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0915\u0941\u0932\u0930\u093f\u091c\u094d\u092e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0932\u094b\u0915<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0917\u093e \u092a\u0902\u0921\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u0939\u0948,\u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u092d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0932\u094b\u0915 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u0916 \u0930\u0916\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0907\u0938 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930<\/a> \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092d\u091c\u0928<\/a> \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0928 \u0939\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e<\/a> \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0915\u093f \u0909\u0938 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0928\u092e\u093e\u091c \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e\u0905\u092c \u0907\u0928\u0938\u0947 \u0906\u092a \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0926 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QJCCQkeud\">pic.twitter.com\/2QJCCQkeud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajeev Sinha (@RajeevS07040410) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeevS07040410\/status\/1449291994489106433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has also received multiple fact-check requests for the image on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) and mobile application.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-105372 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/screen-shot-2021-10-18-at-3-37-59-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.37.59-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.37.59-PM.png 540w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.37.59-PM-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/screen-shot-2021-10-18-at-12-31-34-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.34-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.34-PM.png 551w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.34-PM-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/screen-shot-2021-10-18-at-12-31-26-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.26-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.26-PM.png 540w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-12.31.26-PM-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/screen-shot-2021-10-18-at-3-29-07-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.29.07-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.29.07-PM.png 624w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-18-at-3.29.07-PM-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Image from Bangladesh<\/h4>\n<p>At the bottom of the board are the words &#8220;\u0989\u09a4\u09cd\u09a4\u09b0\u09be \u09b8\u09be\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u099c\u09a8\u09c0\u09a8 \u09aa\u09c2\u099c\u09be \u0995\u09ae\u09bf\u099f\u09bf&#8221; that translate to &#8220;Uttara Sarbojonik Puja Committee&#8221; which is in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/797fc880-8b26-46f5-9130-9414829f82c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1178\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/797fc880-8b26-46f5-9130-9414829f82c7.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/797fc880-8b26-46f5-9130-9414829f82c7-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/797fc880-8b26-46f5-9130-9414829f82c7-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/797fc880-8b26-46f5-9130-9414829f82c7-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The committee also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/uttarasarbojaninpujacommittee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A keyword search of the full name of the committee led us to a Facebook live posted by a Bangladeshi page of the same pandal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Thakurgaonpuja\/videos\/147012657642896\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Thakurgaonpuja\/videos\/147012657642896\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0989\u09a4\u09cd\u09a4\u09b0\u09be \u09b8\u09be\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u099c\u09a8\u09c0\u09a8 \u09aa\u09c1\u099c\u09be \u0995\u09ae\u09bf\u099f\u09bf, \u09a2\u09be\u0995\u09be\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Thakurgaonpuja\/\">\u09a0\u09be\u0995\u09c1\u09b0\u0997\u09be\u0981\u0993\u09df\u09c7\u09b0 \u09aa\u09c2\u099c\u09be<\/a> on Thursday, 14 October 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The similarities in the pandal seen in the video and the one in the viral image have been pointed below. The stairs, chandelier above the Durga idol and the pillars on both sides of the idol match.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-105372 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\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/cka-dkvd\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/CKA-dkvd.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/CKA-dkvd.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/CKA-dkvd-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/durga-puja-pandal-displaying-namaz-timings-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/5c42415f-7f22-4796-9a54-da323a3a0988-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The board with the namaz schedule is also visible in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105390 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/download-2021-10-19T183720.315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/download-2021-10-19T183720.315.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/download-2021-10-19T183720.315-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1012913779530563&amp;set=basw.AbpDrJH5Y2uIltuy8t1qRluUhDxESh-pimHw62ZMayvgwpA649OB1WYu3rYanUeYkgRNL3ySP-_eae4CJ_SWr144lYmL3HW-GLtt0rFSPLPKWCCQct9p7HH2F9s6kEjfjg_btq32aV7gJTYmJX3y0PamOe6OmpuOxr02oNckT-RXneF0t1Rjx1zkGCnaZCWjiAn_uCNOMewQO27aW2-kGksd35agpsw27kkEtuKHj7Xhocqvwht9xBA3F5n3j4tGdGqMdeqDZlGPOlZO-WK9MCSl_HEFRPgMoyVTNY3ktw0gMtVU6WB8Qmz1a4AWocyKdgWHc_XGtVyMMn8MAa7N86izByKiO7DL1Cj8hOCos6Ok_H-a1sSu8ztSaDAZ8g0xnm8bLxHeCKGeIH33fYLL-c3k8iUr02HJhLdJQvz0CCtIlg&amp;opaqueCursor=Abqwu_n6tk6xqnxNrxs9HsTyutSs96Kjeeq1Wlb-_JOktO8a4tEzEAKpGA0de-r_HPu4fB6uC3E7EAuwj73gx8JeJcI8UbRGXFYpH35PjA2epgelSnipi0fb6_M3UWl12N4wj-5RJ1p6OjOiLd2iAdsdVEgo7y23C5WpkygCCv7pwCWVTxCk81db0CNonS6l0cqEuzEwJs5erY_sbrUT9N76FNt25bPlwDMXJqRrlz52cRi1Ks6XPVw2lWhmBcjTg-poO1sSQTOCP-JLM8xZ04JmpbdFfC5rCL2ihKUDwvW01ZEAweeU45q2q-lVUE_LMgiSdinVDr7jyGcje9yvhXNCRWrHEig8i9IX4RQjFHPGoYVKiEosOxuWvKZddyEkIGDqsCeWIfQW-PvYYdQ9-KJ0w9L8xK1Eo01tOX4kWFP_t1ibxbxRClqdey0-e21Irbw7NXkDQ1Aj7iqv9IQ_0e5yNchQ4gCGlhzewKXFczPWkp05YRg6rIC_p1x00EGlJ2hkFFzUVKqS2cSvJwV-5dt2w1mi1cXNGET7AdKAkbKpmb5BBXUP9A5fiLzuZ_bpuY1TkmBAscNprxD-zpUSl8Gpem3mLBAt4BJuPK62nuCn-tBOj-PN9e6RV41AGMmRs6rSvcxLzNmiON1e6yKUvqBDyqWR7UPYhxOx8Vg-84sVuhUXDvXJnc1AMzD9dabOyMy9at5RJqCtCOZApa6u7atWmZNAufsp6Z46_C8qLnjIe_pyHy5jfDn6WokAmI1sG_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangladeshi Facebook user<\/a> wrote that the Uttara Sarbojonik Puja Committee put up the board to prevent music from being played during namaz.<\/p>\n<p>The photo thus shows a Duga Puja pandal in Bangladesh, not West Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a Durga Puja pandal is widespread on social media. The image shows that a board has been placed outside the pandal that displays the timings of Islamic prayers. Several people have claimed that this pandal is in West Bengal where Hindus were asked to not offer prayers when namaz will be offered. 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