{"id":49890,"date":"2019-10-31T16:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=49890"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:41:11","slug":"photoshopped-image-shared-as-floating-lanterns-over-varanasi-ghats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photoshopped-image-shared-as-floating-lanterns-over-varanasi-ghats\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshopped image shared as floating lanterns over Varanasi ghats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image has been shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it represents the <em>ghats\u00a0<\/em>of Varanasi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesaffronchariot\/posts\/533558107215393\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/thesaffronchariot\/posts\/533558107215393\"><p>Varanasi Ghats \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd49<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesaffronchariot\/\">The Saffron Chariot<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/thesaffronchariot\/posts\/533558107215393\">Friday, October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The image above was posted on October 26 by a Facebook page, &#8216;Saffron Chariot&#8217;. It has been shared over 7600 times so far. As can be seen, floating lanterns dominate the skyline over what is purportedly the famous <em>ghats<\/em> of Varanasi. The image has also been shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">Assi Ghat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Varanasi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Varanasi<\/a> wali <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Diwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Diwali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyDiwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyDiwali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aOggqY8Zy\">pic.twitter.com\/6aOggqY8Zy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Himanshu (@ImkHimansh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImkHimansh\/status\/1188119088830091264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK: PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the image in question is photoshopped. We first reverse-searched the image on both Google and Yandex, but this yielded no result. Then, we cropped the portion of the image containing the floating lanterns and reverse-searched it on Yandex.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat3.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat3-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat3-559x520.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found the identical image posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/8798099@N02\/11329654003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr<\/a>, titled<em> &#8216;Thailand Day 09, Yi Peng Khom Loi Festival 2013, Maejo University, Chiang Mai&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ghaat7-414x232.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two images have been juxtaposed and placed below for comparison. Notice the similarities (marked in green and yellow).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-1024x340.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-1024x340.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-990x328.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1-1320x438.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/JUXTA_GHAT-1.png 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lantern-filled skyline was superimposed on a photograph of Varanasi ghats. We found a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Punpuntrail\/status\/1066634523188768768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">similar image<\/a> of the ghats (same location) taken from a different angle.<\/p>\n<p>It may thus be noted that the image shared on social media, claimed to be of the Varanasi <em>ghats<\/em>, is photoshopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image has been shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it represents the ghats\u00a0of Varanasi. Varanasi Ghats \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd49 Posted by The Saffron Chariot on\u00a0Friday, October 25, 2019 The image above was posted on October 26 by a Facebook page, &#8216;Saffron Chariot&#8217;. It has been shared over 7600 times so far. 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