{"id":23166,"date":"2018-11-28T21:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=23166"},"modified":"2019-03-19T17:28:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:58:57","slug":"sea-of-devotees-at-ayodhya-gathering-find-out-the-truth-of-the-viral-images-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/sea-of-devotees-at-ayodhya-gathering-find-out-the-truth-of-the-viral-images-and-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea of devotees at Ayodhya gathering? Find out the truth of the viral images and videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 25, a <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/vhp-dharma-sabha-live-updates-massive-rally-set-to-begin-ayodhya-tense\/articleshow\/66792161.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;dharm sabha&#8217;<\/a> was organised at Ayodhya by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad which saw a large gathering. That day itself, social media was buzzing with video and images, purportedly of the gathering. The Facebook page <em>I support BJP for Bengal<\/em> posted a 15-second video with the message, <em>&#8220;\u0985\u09af\u09cb\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09be \u09b0\u09be\u09ae \u09ae\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09bf\u09b0 \u099c\u09ae\u09be\u09df\u09c7\u09a4 \u09ac\u09bf\u09b6\u09cd\u09ac\u09b9\u09bf\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09c1 \u09aa\u09b0\u09bf\u09b7\u09a6\u201d (Sea of support for Ram Mandir by VHP- translated).<\/em> The video has been viewed over 8000 times so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISupportBJP4WB\/videos\/465536960641537\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISupportBJP4WB\/videos\/465536960641537\/\"><p>\u0985\u09af\u09cb\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09be \u09b0\u09be\u09ae \u09ae\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09bf\u09b0 \u099c\u09ae\u09be\u09df\u09c7\u09a4 \u09ac\u09bf\u09b6\u09cd\u09ac\u09b9\u09bf\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09c1 \u09aa\u09b0\u09bf\u09b7\u09a6<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISupportBJP4WB\/\">I Support BJP for Bengal<\/a> on Sunday, November 25, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Is the video from Ayodhya?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News used the InVid software to break down the video into several frames. We reverse searched one of the frames and found a tweet by Mumbai Mirror dated August 9, 2017 which had the full version of this video (33 seconds). Accompanying the video was the message, <em>&#8220;#MarathaKrantiMorcha\u00a0The community members chanting slogans as they pass-by the JJ flyover.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The video has been credited to Raju Shinde who is a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajuMIRROR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photojournalist<\/a> with <em>Mumbai Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarathaKrantiMorcha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarathaKrantiMorcha<\/a>: The community members chanting slogans as they pass-by the JJ flyover.<br \/>\nVideo by Raju Shinde. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7dcWRvVlW7\">pic.twitter.com\/7dcWRvVlW7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Mirror (@MumbaiMirror) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiMirror\/status\/895195029492215808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On November 25, a Facebook user Vikas Kattar posted a video with the message,<em>\u201c\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 #\u0905\u092f\u094b\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e #\u0927\u093e\u092e #\u091f\u0940\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0926\u0932\u00a0\u092c\u091c\u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0926\u0932 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0937\u0926 #\u0938\u093e\u091d\u093e #\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f #\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u091c\u092f \u092d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>The video has been viewed over 7000 times. In the video, a crowd can be seen waving saffron flags in front of a mosque.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100026238714214\/videos\/203725170512105\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100026238714214\/videos\/203725170512105\/\"><p>\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 #\u0905\u092f\u094b\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e #\u0927\u093e\u092e<br \/>\n#\u091f\u0940\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0926\u0932<br \/>\n\u092c\u091c\u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0926\u0932<br \/>\n\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0937\u0926<br \/>\n#\u0938\u093e\u091d\u093e #\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f #\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928<br \/>\n\u091c\u092f \u092d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/\u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938-\u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930\/100026238714214\">\u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930<\/a> on Sunday, November 25, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>We again used the InVid tool to ascertain the truth of this video, and came across a number of links on YouTube of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rQ5V721nTBs\">March 2018<\/a>. This at least proves that the video is not of the recent gathering at Ayodhya. This video has been uploaded with the caption &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgQwA3azPZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ram Navami Full Crowd In Karnataka Gulbarga 2k18<\/a>&#8216;. In the video which has gone viral, a black coloured bus can be seen in the midst of a crowd. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgQwA3azPZk\">video<\/a> posted below, the words &#8216;Karnataka State Reserve Police&#8217; can be seen written on the bus. This makes it clear that the video is not from Ayodhya but from Karnataka.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ram Navami Full Crowd In Karnataka Gulbarga 2k18\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgQwA3azPZk?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><\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, a set of images has also been circulated, claimed to be of Ayodhya, posted by groups and individual users. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/suryanaryan.bajrangadal\/posts\/2139216799460555?__tn__=H-R\">Suryanarayan Bajrangdal<\/a>, who describes himself on Facebook as the co-convenor of Bajrang Dal, has posted photographs claiming they are of the gathering at Ayodhya. His post has been shared over 500 times. Suryanarayan is followed\u00a0 by more than 9000 people on Facebook. His post has been shared by the Facebook groups\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/INDCitizens\/posts\/2186740564678186?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD3cCGYxuE4FqLUoLcddcuV1nnPib9s0MmI7klb7LTy1dVzhCQZWC36E5x9j_wqqr1bH_14CooBAwxoiKZ6rGb1CM7Mc7Gi3oXlK7t-BapmFSOkCrgKMI_L31fV2KhKqAxugRxM8E0iUYoiAeIVAMfgt3v_Z0svAzCAe2qPhR1O3psautDRaHA2iylVyoF0rEMdXPL0DBBoQeE41Ga_pDxrgtsz2rMSbmvKng4iw7KeMaQPQlfeWUfvHVxgx7BBiBSIsPKXo_Jt4d-RDP7emNnFA2kIVt9BtmZYXfSbKimHec0Yc5tYsaI7SM1cY1JoSt7LfZ9OsplP0ZyRM2d4wMLcWA&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citizen Of INDIA<\/a> <\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hopeforindiamodi\/posts\/1932234200225534?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCosNgnZL4jbAwdo0HlItyYRHm3qRiZCzrFaNMHtga-HTW6N1dDPzF5E2l0IqCxBT9XViqaLNaU9g8CduP-1TNywynF2iOlvzuXE_x_32Q3jozU8denOCcsFgi4y4JOiqzNq-hbwoBLiC7Z14yGETjKXlGHm1d-FN-y0KU28elY9rLKCktt5W80oAOT-MBJw6sQwCBd5YMsCHS0h5kmSEL0gpezfd1Zz_ukcM2ljoKTfiXRpfv5wQFyJ3Hi4kxvp56lzcLVhVxIhwTxkUB1jKH_ojavW2ad7hyoCvztzXijYUhXdhTHFnmwQyQV4oa_cZ57UNOwosS1sixpuXPnD5igTg&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namo Bharath \u2013 Narendra Modi For PM<\/a>. Citizen of India\u00a0<\/em>has over 77000 followers whereas <em>Namo Bharath- Narendra Modi for PM<\/em> has over 5 lakh followers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/surya_ayodhya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/surya_ayodhya.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/surya_ayodhya-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/surya_ayodhya-337x420.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The group\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1947535995571951\/permalink\/2587840398208171\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u092e\u093f\u0936\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0967\u0966\u0966 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>has posted these images with another set of photos, with the message, <em>&#8220;You may not be able to go to Ayodhya on November 25 but at least encourage the bhakts headed for Ayodhya with the words Jai Shri Ram- translated&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1947535995571951\/permalink\/2587758478216363\/\">post<\/a> has been shared over 1100 times and liked over 13,000 times. The photos have also been shared on the group\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/namobestpminworld\/permalink\/1135654073497198\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WE SUPPORT PM MODI<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>which has over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/namobestpminworld\/about\/\">2 million members<\/a>.\u00a0Co-convenor of Bajrang Dal, Suryanarayan has posted 4 photographs, of which the second and the fourth image are the same.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Are these photographs of Ayodhya?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>First image<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Using the Google reverse image search tool, we searched for the first image and came across the original image with the words &#8216;Maratha Kranti Morcha&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_kranti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_kranti.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_kranti-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_kranti-343x420.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-quote fb_iframe_widget\">This photo which is claimed to be of the Ayodhya gathering is actually of the agitation by the Maratha community for reservation. This photograph can be seen in an article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/photo-gallery\/india-news\/in-pictures-maratha-kranti-morcha-rally-protest?pageId=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amar Ujala<\/em><\/a> dated August 9, 2017.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_amarujala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_amarujala.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_amarujala-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha_amarujala-450x420.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>On further probing, we found that the Facebook and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RtMaratha\/status\/787234669896998912\">Twitter<\/a> account of Maratha Kranti Morcha Maharashtra had posted a set of images on October 15, 2016 which included this image.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha-696x476.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/maratha-614x420.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Second image<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>We reverse searched the second image and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/rajasthan\/jaipur-news-protest-over-upper-caste-reservation-954627.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>News18<\/em><\/a> report with the caption, &#8220;<em>\u091c\u092f\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0906\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u0930\u0923\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0939\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0927\u0930\u0928\u093e-\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930\u0947\u0902\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<em>(Photos of rally in Jaipur called by Karni Sena demanding reservation for upper castes- translated).<\/em><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/karnisenarally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/karnisenarally.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/karnisenarally-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Third image<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We found the original image on using the reverse image search tool. This photograph was taken by <em>Indian Express<\/em> photographer Dilip Joshi and <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/maratha-silent-march-reaches-thane-district-3085824\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared<\/a> in an article of October 16, 2016 titled\u00a0<em>Maratha \u2018silent march\u2019 reaches Thane district&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/express-2016-maratha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/express-2016-maratha.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/express-2016-maratha-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/express-2016-maratha-515x420.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, we have seen that the videos and images shared on social media, claimed to be of the Ayodhya gathering of November 25, are unrelated and taken from different contexts.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 25, a &#8216;dharm sabha&#8217; was organised at Ayodhya by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad which saw a large gathering. That day itself, social media was buzzing with video and images, purportedly of the gathering. 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