{"id":51974,"date":"2019-11-28T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T10:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51974"},"modified":"2019-11-28T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T10:27:50","slug":"image-of-narasimha-idol-in-iskcon-wb-viral-as-32000-year-old-idol-found-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-narasimha-idol-in-iskcon-wb-viral-as-32000-year-old-idol-found-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of Narasimha idol in ISKCON, WB viral as 32,000 year old idol found in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Narasimha, part lion and part man avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, has gone viral on social media. According to a post by Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SanskritKaUday\/\">\u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0926\u092f<\/a> (Sanskrit Ka Uday), <em>&#8220;\u091c\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0930\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0915\u0940 \u0969\u0968\u0966\u0966\u0966 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093f (A 32,000-year-old idol of Lord Narasimha found in Germany.)&#8221; <\/em>This post drew over 8,000 likes and more than 3,000 shares before it was deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51991 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-27-at-1.33.17-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-27-at-1.33.17-PM.png 338w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-27-at-1.33.17-PM-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found that the claim associated with the viral image has been circulating online for several years. There are several <a href=\"http:\/\/\u0c9c\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cae\u0ca8\u0cbf\u0caf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0cb8\u0cbf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95 32000 \u0cb5\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb7 \u0cb9\u0cb3\u0cc6\u0caf\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0ca8\u0cb0\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0c82\u0cb9\u0cb0 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0c97\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cb9\">posts in Kannada on Facebook<\/a> from 2012 which claim &#8220;<em>\u0c9c\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cae\u0ca8\u0cbf\u0caf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0cb8\u0cbf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95 32000 \u0cb5\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb7 \u0cb9\u0cb3\u0cc6\u0caf\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0ca8\u0cb0\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0c82\u0cb9\u0cb0 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0c97\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cb9<\/em> (<em>A 32,000-year-old idol of Lord Narasimha found in Germany).<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52004 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.39.15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.39.15-PM.png 523w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.39.15-PM-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, <em>Postcard News<\/em> published the article <a href=\"https:\/\/postcard.news\/32000-years-old-lord-narasimha-idol-discovered-germany\/\">&#8220;32,000 years old Lord Narasimha Idol discovered in Germany&#8221;<\/a>, which shows a different man-lion figurine. The article even highlights &#8220;Yes! 32,000-year-old Lord Narasimha Idol was discovered in Southern Germany.&#8221; This post has been shared more than 5,000 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52005 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM.png 1334w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM-990x442.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-28-at-1.45.35-PM-1320x589.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are also YouTube videos with similar claims. The one attached below has drawn 1,80,000 views since it was uploaded in August 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"32000 Years Old Lord Narasimha Idol Discovered in Germany\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jra0hIGI5sU?start=24&#038;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>Alt News found that are also several posts on social media with the claim that the same &#8216;Lord Narasimha&#8217; idol dates back 40,000 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51984 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.50.00-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.50.00-PM.png 733w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.50.00-PM-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.50.00-PM-260x210.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact check<\/h2>\n<h4>Image 1<\/h4>\n<p>After performing a reverse image search on Google, Alt News found that the viral image is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harekrsna.com\/sun\/features\/05-09\/features1365.htm\">a feature story<\/a> published in 2009 on the <em>Sampradaya Sun&#8217;s<\/em> website. The location of the idol is mentioned in the caption of the image, as highlighted below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51982\" style=\"width: 736px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51982 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.21.16-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.21.16-PM-1.png 736w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-7.21.16-PM-1-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of the image in the Sampradaya Sun&#8217;s article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sridham Mayapur refers to ISKCON Mayapur which is located in West Bengal. Thus, the claim that the idol in the viral image is from Germany is incorrect. Alt News also found a video uploaded by Hare Krsna TV &#8211; ISKCON Desire Tree, a verified YouTube account which shows the same idol.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abhishek of Lord Narasimha at ISKCON Mayapur\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pyjhRtavOI0?start=237&#038;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<h4>Image 2<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search of the figurine&#8217;s photo used in <em>Postcard News<\/em>, revealed to Alt News that it is the L\u00f6wenmensch figurine or Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave located in the Jura, Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51983\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-3.21.59-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-3.21.59-PM.png 683w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-3.21.59-PM-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The L\u00f6wenmensch figurine or Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/spiegel\/print\/d-82612721.html\">2011 report by Der Spiegel<\/a>, the fragments of the mammoth-ivory figurine were discovered by geologist Otto V\u00f6lzing in August 1939. Currently is displayed in Ulm Museum, Germany. According to the museum, the lion-man is from the Upper Palaeolithic period from 40,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1247\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM.png 1247w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-187x124.png 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-27-at-8.32.54-PM-990x649.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1247px) 100vw, 1247px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The British Museum&#8217;s blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.britishmuseum.org\/the-lion-man-an-ice-age-masterpiece\/\">&#8216;The Lion Man: an Ice Age&#8217;<\/a> masterpiece states, <em>&#8220;He is the oldest known representation of a being that does not exist in physical form but symbolises ideas about the supernatural&#8230; It is impossible to know what that story was about or whether he was deity, an avatar to the spirit world, part of a creation story or a human whose experiences on a journey through the cosmos to communicate with spirits caused this transformation.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Therefore the claim in the viral posts that the figurine from Germany is around 32,000 to 40,000 years old is true. However, no credible sources claim the figurine represents Lord Narasimha.<\/p>\n<p>An image of a Narasimha idol in ISKCON Mayapur, West Bengal is viral on social media as a 32,000-year-old sculpture of the Hindu god excavated in Germany. Another image, of a prehistoric lion-man figurine, was shared with a similar claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Narasimha, part lion and part man avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, has gone viral on social media. 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