{"id":203988,"date":"2024-05-15T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=203988"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:14:27","slug":"video-from-pakistan-shared-as-rahul-gandhi-constituency-wayanad-meat-shop-in-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-rahul-gandhi-constituency-wayanad-meat-shop-in-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken shop on temple premises: Video from Pakistan peddled as Wayanad; Rahul Gandhi falsely targeted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An X user named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwamiRamsarnac4\/status\/1785118871470694689\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swami Ramsarnacharya Pandey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recently tweeted a video featuring a meat shop on a temple premises. It is claimed the video was shot at the Sita Ram Temple in Wayanad, Kerala, which purportedly contained a chicken shop. The temple was purportedly inaugurated by Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi. While sharing the video, the user wrote that the scene was from Wayanad where Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had allowed Muslims to occupy the Sri Sita Ram Temple four years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0902\u0915\u093e \u0935\u093e\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0907\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e\u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093e \u0930\u091c\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0915\u0930\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \ud83d\ude21<br \/>\n\u0905\u092c \u0924\u094b \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0923 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0939\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947 \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<br \/>\n\u0938\u092c \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u0935\u094b\u091f \u0926\u0947\u0902 \ud83d\ude4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SupriyaShrinate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SupriyaShrinate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67AD0aftWI\">pic.twitter.com\/67AD0aftWI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swami Ramsarnacharya Pandey, \u092e\u0947\u0932\u0915\u094b\u091f\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u0920\u093e\u0927\u0940\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930 (@SwamiRamsarnac4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwamiRamsarnac4\/status\/1785118871470694689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another user named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeRajeshSharma8\/status\/1785166378980237771\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rajesh Sharma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also promoted the video with a similar claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-170909.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to find out more about the viral video, we performed a keyword search on Google. This led us to a video uploaded on August 25, 2023, on the YouTube channel &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jg9hWcFiJYQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Makhan Ram Jaipal Vlogs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;. The video contained footage from inside and outside the temple building. The vlogger stated that the temple was located in Ahmadpur Sial in the Jhang district in Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab province. However, following the partition of India and Pakistan, the temple fell into disuse and its roof was on the verge of collapsing. According to the information provided in the video, several shops have now been opened inside this temple building, including one that sells meat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220108222943\/https:\/\/www.pbs.gov.pk\/sites\/default\/files\/\/population_census\/results\/05909.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2017 Census<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of Pakistan, there are no Hindus living in Ahmadpur Sial in Jhang district.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Temple Became Chicken Shop After Partition In Pakistan || Temple In Ahmad Pur Saial Jhang\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jg9hWcFiJYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another search on YouTube led us to a\u00a0 second video related to this temple uploaded on January 5, 2023, on the channel &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j156sk8viFE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">History place<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;. It confirmed that this temple is indeed located in Ahmadpur Sial, Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Seta Ram Mandir || \u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u0938\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 || 1947 ki Yadin ||\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j156sk8viFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also found the featured location on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/qR4qpySyep46SJMc6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Maps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which included an image of the dilapidated temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-02-152819-min-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, the video in question is not from Wayanad, Kerala, but from Ahmadpur Sial, Pakistan, and it has no connection to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Several BJP supporters falsely claimed that the footage was from Wayanad where local MP Rahul Gandhi had allowed Muslims to occupy a Hindu temple and set up a meat shop.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An X user named Swami Ramsarnacharya Pandey recently tweeted a video featuring a meat shop on a temple premises. It is claimed the video was shot at the Sita Ram Temple in Wayanad, Kerala, which purportedly contained a chicken shop. The temple was purportedly inaugurated by Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi. 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