

{"id":72242,"date":"2020-08-03T17:53:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72242"},"modified":"2020-08-03T21:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:42:33","slug":"photo-of-hindu-deity-ram-on-new-yorks-times-square-billboards-is-manufactured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-hindu-deity-ram-on-new-yorks-times-square-billboards-is-manufactured\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Hindu deity Ram on New York&#8217;s Times Square billboards is manufactured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of Hindu deity Ram and 3D portraits of the upcoming Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be beamed across giant billboards in Times Square, New York on August 5, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/lucknow\/ram-images-to-beam-in-ny-times-square\/articleshow\/77275559.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media reports<\/a>. The display would celebrate the commencement of the temple&#8217;s construction.<\/p>\n<p>In the backdrop of this, several people on social media have shared an image of billboards in Times Square adorned with pictures of Ram. <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Avinash Gorakshakar, director research ProfitMart, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvinashGoraksha\/status\/1289613319423193092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the viral image claiming this was Times Square &#8220;an hour ago&#8221;. The image was liked by over 1,500 users. Several other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en-IN&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=607&amp;tbs=sbi%3AAMhZZist3z1Nno6b3UuOg_1Kb36cOpvwcfd8SBgW8b_14wvPUHWlTcvqfJa-YCiYXjI59PeyTN2AcU6jJP_1-IFQix6m7oseR-Fjtc-Xb_1sxkDfAqXDPtA0stXFp8a1atLfEuZS53P4MIq4PkdexQ0h54Yeu9KS8r4aXLp10YAYU1JFyxtefH25L9QNAxjIXtDhygcNhSUBH5HcLRNVTyNYkFx4Odv-MGAb9rvTmf36vy_1CyODdlRcwpwGnVA4OCB8DO6tF4zjFeHNN07-rf7scTWtxgEpI1Aqzv20SObWCwoQoke1G_1eGQVrezpGMGkI7x0uc76DkyxIxwT8daHqnjZ36qRMZgqL2LiQ&amp;ei=XuEnX_eeMrya4-EPrICIsAs&amp;q=site%3Atwitter.com&amp;oq=site%3Atwitter.com&amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoFCAAQsQM6AggAOggIABCxAxCDAToICC4QsQMQkwI6BQguELEDOgIILjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6DggAEOoCELQCEJoBEOUCOggILhCxAxCDAToICC4QxwEQowI6CggAELEDEEYQ-QE6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOgQIABAKUIWmAVie3QFg_uEBaAFwAHgBgAH6AogB0iiSAQgwLjE3LjYuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQY&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj3xYS15P7qAhU8zTgGHSwAArY4ChDh1QMICw&amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter users<\/a> also posted the viral image including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunderShahdara\/status\/1289615009853534209\">Sunder Chaudhary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FltLtAnoopVerma\/status\/1289922682276913154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FltLtAnoopVerma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satyendra81\/status\/1289618840519811072\">@satyendra81<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mauna_adiga\/status\/1289560954531745793?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mauna_adiga<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72244 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-14_25_32-3-Avinash-Gorakshakar-on-Twitter_-_Times-Square-NYC-an-hour-ago-https___t.co_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-14_25_32-3-Avinash-Gorakshakar-on-Twitter_-_Times-Square-NYC-an-hour-ago-https___t.co_.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-14_25_32-3-Avinash-Gorakshakar-on-Twitter_-_Times-Square-NYC-an-hour-ago-https___t.co_-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Similarly, many Facebook users (<a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=3442944322422262&amp;id=100001201845517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=10158866663458103&amp;id=766283102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=169859437990752&amp;id=106291554347541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NAMO.CC\/photos\/a.744508465589294\/4370678072972297\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4<\/a>) posted the viral image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72255 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1243\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_40_59-3-OFBJP-USA-Posts-990x711.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1243px) 100vw, 1243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu-based news outlet Kathir News published an <a href=\"https:\/\/kathir.news\/news\/jai-shri-ram-chant-set-to-reverberate-in-times-square-17077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> headlined, &#8220;Jai Shriram slogans to be played in Times Square on Shri Ram Bhoomi Puja&#8221;. The article carried the same picture. (Translated from \u0b9f\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0 \u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd &#8211; \u0baa\u0bc2\u0bae\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bc2\u0b9c\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd &#8216;\u0b9c\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd&#8217; \u0b95\u0bcb\u0bb7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd.!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72251 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_20_42-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"873\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_20_42-.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_20_42--272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-15_20_42--768x846.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and found an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallpapertip.com\/wpic\/ihJmTh_times-square-daytime-wallpaper-time-square-wallpaper-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identical image<\/a> on several websites. However, the viral image has been flipped horizontally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72278 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1681\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a.jpg 1681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-1536x730.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-990x471.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a1c53271-250a-44f8-b9be-7711d8c1691a-1320x627.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1681px) 100vw, 1681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictures of Hindu deity Ram were photoshopped into the original picture and subsequently flipped horizontally. The similarities are pointed out below.<\/p>\n<p>1. Green billboard on top of a white building (highlighted in red).<\/p>\n<p>2. Corona beer billboard close to the green billboard (highlighted in yellow).<\/p>\n<p>3. An identical number of cabs in the front most row on each side of the street (highlighted in green and orange).<\/p>\n<p>4. A picture of Ram has been superimposed on a poster of the musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1262426\/mediaviewer\/rm3649269248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wicked<\/a> (marked in blue). A portion of the green poster can be spotted behind Ram&#8217;s image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72265 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1518\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552-990x426.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-03-16_28_50-Photos-e1596467050552-1320x568.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1518px) 100vw, 1518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a keyword search &#8220;times square billboard generator&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=times+square+billboard+generator&amp;client=firefox-b-d&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjK66eK5v7qAhXUzDgGHTOfCHIQ_AUoAnoECA4QBA&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> leads to <a href=\"https:\/\/makesweet.com\/my\/board-1066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">makesweet.com<\/a> where a temple of the same image is available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72270 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f-990x603.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/51472dfa-1f18-4df5-a41f-63300657046f-1320x804.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, a picture showing images of Hindu deity Ram splashed all over New York&#8217;s Times Square billboards was manufactured then flipped horizontally to escape reverse-image search attempts.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Update: The poster of &#8216;Wicked&#8217; is for the musical and not the movie releasing next year. The same was rectified after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertMackey\/status\/1290297330403430400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pointed out<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of Hindu deity Ram and 3D portraits of the upcoming Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be beamed across giant billboards in Times Square, New York on August 5, as per media reports. The display would celebrate the commencement of the temple&#8217;s construction. In the backdrop of this, several people on social media have shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":72272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-72242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo of Hindu deity Ram on New York&#039;s Times Square billboards is manufactured - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo of Hindu deity Ram on New York&#039;s Times Square billboards is manufactured - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photographs of Hindu deity Ram and 3D portraits of the upcoming Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be beamed across giant billboards in Times Square, New York on August 5, as per media reports. 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