{"id":44739,"date":"2019-08-27T19:09:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=44739"},"modified":"2019-08-27T19:09:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:39:55","slug":"image-of-forest-department-building-shared-as-church-on-tirumala-hills-andhra-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-forest-department-building-shared-as-church-on-tirumala-hills-andhra-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of forest department building shared as Church on Tirumala Hills, Andhra Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a building atop a hill is doing rounds on social media with many suggesting that it is a church on Tirumala Hills &#8211; the same place where the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is situated. A Twitter user <em>@krupashanker\u00a0<\/em>was among those who shared the image. This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krupashanker\/status\/1165177133460680706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> drew over 1,200 likes at the time of writing this article. <em>@krupashanker\u00a0<\/em>is followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44740 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/16954a8f-b83a-42be-aaac-b8242db5659f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/16954a8f-b83a-42be-aaac-b8242db5659f.png 448w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/16954a8f-b83a-42be-aaac-b8242db5659f-177x300.png 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bharativamsi\/status\/1162060763382423552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">others<\/a> who are followed by Goyal&#8217;s office have circulated the same photograph with an identical claim.<\/p>\n<p>From what it seems, the claim has found a place on WhatsApp and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=2725465260796966&amp;set=a.587516774591836&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> church invasion into Tirumala? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Ro1kXgAsy\">pic.twitter.com\/5Ro1kXgAsy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narasimhan (@Narasim20561265) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Narasim20561265\/status\/1165915361654398976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Not a church but government building<\/h2>\n<p>The building atop the hill is not a church but an office of Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve under the government of Andhra Pradesh. A cross visible on top of the building isn&#8217;t a Christian cross but a pole with CCTV cameras. A ground report by Telugu media outlet <em>Bharat Today\u00a0<\/em>debunks the false social media claims.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44745 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1294\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37.png 1294w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-187x124.png 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/964d7257-9850-4a39-8368-787c30f43f37-990x653.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The complete broadcast by\u00a0<em>Bharat Today\u00a0<\/em>can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hF-RaCa_TP4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Similarities between the viral photograph and the building featured on\u00a0<em>Bharat Today\u00a0<\/em>broadcast are evident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44746 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-15-1-e1566909005331.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-15-1-e1566909005331.jpeg 963w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-15-1-e1566909005331-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-15-1-e1566909005331-768x390.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A photograph of a building of the forest department on Tirumala Hills, Andhra Pradesh was shared as a church. Alt News had recently debunked another piece of misinformation targeting the southern state &#8211; a video of a ruckus at a temple in UP was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-up-viral-as-devotees-at-andhras-tirumala-temple-manhandled-by-christian-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared as<\/a> &#8220;Christian police manhandling Hindu devotees at Tirumala.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a building atop a hill is doing rounds on social media with many suggesting that it is a church on Tirumala Hills &#8211; the same place where the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is situated. A Twitter user @krupashanker\u00a0was among those who shared the image. 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