{"id":114491,"date":"2022-03-23T19:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=114491"},"modified":"2022-03-23T19:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:47:21","slug":"old-video-clip-of-temple-renovation-from-vijaywada-shared-with-a-false-communal-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-clip-of-temple-renovation-from-vijaywada-shared-with-a-false-communal-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video clip of temple renovation from Vijaywada shared with a false, communal claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several social media users have shared a short video clip allegedly from Vijaywada that shows a JCB operating on the first floor of a building that looks dilapidated. In the same video, a mosque can also be spotted across the road. The video is being shared with the claim that the Andhra Pradesh government is demolishing a temple in order to widen the road while leaving the mosque untouched.<\/p>\n

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Twitter @RUDRA_VSR, a BJP and RSS supporter, posted this video with the same claim.<\/p>\n

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This clip has been shared by at least 70 Facebook accounts in various high network pro-BJP or Hindutva groups or by similar pages such as \u2014 \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u094d\u092f 2024 ( \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0947 )<\/a> [10 lakh members], \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930(\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u0928 2022- \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915\u094b \u0915\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u0939\u0948)<\/a> [over 4 lakh members] Kangna Ranaut Group<\/a> [over 2 lakh members] \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0941\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0924<\/a> [over 2 lakh members], Sudarshan News<\/a> [70K members], and Namo<\/a> [50K followers]. You can view the full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Video Verification<\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a keyword search on Twitter and discovered that the video dates back to 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alt News spoke with Vijayawada-based journalists and temple associates. They stated that both the claim as well as the video are old. As per them, the clip shows the renovation of Sri Vijayeshwara Swamy Vari Devasthanam, and not its demolition as claimed.<\/p>\n

During our investigation, we also found that Facebook user Sri Rakesh Kurapati<\/a> had posted a news clipping that shows the building in question. Earlier, NewsMeter<\/a> fact-checked the video based on this clipping.<\/p>\n

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Using Google Lens, we translated the news clipping and found that report states that the video shows development initiatives at the Vijayeshwara temple. A part of the building consisting of shops was demolished in order to increase the area of the temple. On the right-hand side, the article also states that a clip of this renovation is being falsely shared as demolition.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, we requested a resident of Vijayawada to record the video of Vijayeshwara temple as it stands today. They shared the clip on the condition of anonymity. It can be clearly seen in this video that the temple hasn’t been demolished, and continues to stand in the same place<\/p>\n