{"id":106749,"date":"2021-11-10T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=106749"},"modified":"2021-11-10T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:10:16","slug":"fact-check-the-rock-on-which-sita-used-to-sit-in-ashok-vatika-bought-to-india-from-srilanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-the-rock-on-which-sita-used-to-sit-in-ashok-vatika-bought-to-india-from-srilanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha relics from Sri Lanka shared as &#8220;stone&#8221; from Ashok Vatika where Sita used to sit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video is widespread on social media with the claim, \u201cThe rock on which Sita Mata used to sit in the Ashok Vatika was flown to Ayodhya today via Sri Lankan Airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shyam.diwan.33\/videos\/4437341426301779\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shyam.diwan.33\/videos\/4437341426301779\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0935\u093e\u091f\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940\u0902,<br \/>\n\u0935\u0939 \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0932\u0902\u0915\u093e \u090f\u0905\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0928\u094d\u0938 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0906\u091c \u0905\u092f\u094b\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0901\u091a\u093e \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u0908\u0902\u0964 \ud83d\udea9 \u091c\u092f \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e \u0930\u093e\u092e \ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shyam.diwan.33\">\u0936\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u0926\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0928<\/a> on Tuesday, November 2, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter user Ashish Jaggi\u2019s post carrying the video garnered more than 3 lakh views. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/qv7QN#selection-2977.0-2977.93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">The rock on which Sita Mata used to sit in Ashok Vatika was brought to Ayodhya from Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Bolo Jai Siya Ram \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Diwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Diwali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CfOQPyQwDk\">pic.twitter.com\/CfOQPyQwDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashish Jaggi (@AshishJaggi_1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshishJaggi_1\/status\/1456143044562931712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The footage is also circulating on WhatsApp. Alt News received requests on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) and mobile application.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-106749 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-08-at-10.48.22-AM.png 524w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-08-at-10.48.22-AM-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A Twitter user shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/m.timesofindia.com\/videos\/toi-original\/up-sri-lankan-flight-welcomed-at-kushinagar-international-airport\/videoshow\/87166907.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India<\/a> article while replying to Ashish Jaggi. According to the article, &#8220;Sri Lankan flight welcomed at Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Kushinagar International Airport on Wednesday. Yogi Adityanath received the Buddha relics at the airport. A team of 123 Sri Lankan delegates accompanied the relics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AltNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoo_bear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zoo_bear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 !Joey (@Ekbyte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ekbyte\/status\/1456590152764059654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Below is the relic highlighted in red.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-4.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-4-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-4-768x493.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Union Minister G Kishan Reddy had tweeted a few images from the occasion on October 20.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Performed a ceremonial worship on the arrival of the Sacred Buddha relic from Sri Lanka on the occasion of Ashwin Poornima<\/p>\n<p>Also welcomed Buddhists Monks on their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The exposition of Holy Relic will take place during celebrations of Abhidhamma Day today at Kushinagar, UP. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Edzd3dmonW\">pic.twitter.com\/Edzd3dmonW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 G Kishan Reddy (@kishanreddybjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kishanreddybjp\/status\/1450698212625453057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus, what is being circulated as a stone from the Ashok Vatika is actually a metal relic of Gautama Buddha. The National Council of Science Museums also shared a photo from the occasion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The highlight of the event is the Exposition of Holy Buddha Relic being brought from Waskaduwa Sri Subuddhi Rajvihara Temple, Sri Lanka by the Mahanayaka of the temple.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lf7O75QGNn\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lf7O75QGNn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VnasqlcxJM\">pic.twitter.com\/VnasqlcxJM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NNpAv2EpZm\">https:\/\/t.co\/NNpAv2EpZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Council of Science Museums-NCSM (@ncsmgoi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncsmgoi\/status\/1450683497459249153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is noteworthy that on October 28, ANI quoted the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra stating that the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda, donated a &#8216;shila&#8217; (stone) from the island country-based Sita Mandir, Ashok Vatika to Ram Temple in Ayodhya.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda today donated a &#8216;shila&#8217; (stone) from the island country-based Sita Mandir, Ashok Vatika to Ram Temple in Ayodhya: Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mWcZeqnP5B\">pic.twitter.com\/mWcZeqnP5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANINewsUP\/status\/1453748556892815365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is widespread on social media with the claim, \u201cThe rock on which Sita Mata used to sit in the Ashok Vatika was flown to Ayodhya today via Sri Lankan Airlines.\u201d &nbsp; \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0935\u093e\u091f\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940\u0902, \u0935\u0939 \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0932\u0902\u0915\u093e \u090f\u0905\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0928\u094d\u0938 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0906\u091c \u0905\u092f\u094b\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0901\u091a\u093e \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u0908\u0902\u0964 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":106756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-106749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buddha relics from Sri Lanka shared as &quot;stone&quot; 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