{"id":72262,"date":"2020-08-03T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T10:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72262"},"modified":"2020-08-03T16:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T10:57:36","slug":"old-video-of-k-r-market-banglore-shared-as-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-k-r-market-banglore-shared-as-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Old video of crowded KR Market in Bengaluru shared as recent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a crowded market is being widely shared on social media. The video has been shot from a high vantage point and shows people shopping. On July 31, Twitter user @Narendra_K1208 claimed that the video shows KR Market in Bengaluru. It was viewed 10,000 times as of this writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"vi\">\u0c95\u0cc6\u0c86\u0cb0\u0ccd \u0cae\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0cc1\u0c95\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0cc6\ud83c\udf39\ud83e\udd65\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\udc79\ud83d\ude48 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0cac\u0cc6\u0c82\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc2\u0cb0\u0cc1<\/a> KR Market <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bangalore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bangalore<\/a> today special <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/varalakshmivratam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#varalakshmivratam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VaraMahalakshmi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VaraMahalakshmi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fridaymorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fridaymorning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FridayFeeling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FridayFeeling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBMPCOMM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBMPCOMM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaggesh2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jaggesh2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ganeshbandla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ganeshbandla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahelaJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MahelaJay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/directorprems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@directorprems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Citymarket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Citymarket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raginidwivedi24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@raginidwivedi24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ANI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ndtv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlwaysRamCharan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlwaysRamCharan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hrrMevc7Rd\">pic.twitter.com\/hrrMevc7Rd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narendra_Krishnappa (@Narendra_K1208) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Narendra_K1208\/status\/1289043353166700546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user @SunithaNahar shared the video with the same claim. It was viewed more than 10,000 times before it was <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/VuTQx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deleted<\/a>. The clip is also circulating on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gajendr89\/videos\/301239547786775\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Gajendr89\/videos\/301239547786775\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Gajendr89\/videos\/301239547786775\/\">Today K R Market. \u0cac\u0cc6\u0c82\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1\u0cb0\u0cc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today K R Market.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gajendr89\/\">TIME PASS \u0cb8\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0ccb\u0cb0\u0cbf<\/a> on Friday, 31 July 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>After a keyword search on YouTube, we found that this video was indeed shot in KR market. Bengaluru. However, it is an old clip. On August 8 2019, a user named Farhan Rashid <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zfFWs6k2Di0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uploaded<\/a> it on YouTube. Apart from this, One India Kannada shared this video before Varalakshmi Puja last year. The channel said that the video shows people shopping for the festival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0c95\u0cc6.\u0c86\u0cb0\u0ccd.\u0cae\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cc6\u0c9f\u0ccd\u200d\u0ca8\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cb5\u0cc7 \u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cae\u0cb9\u0cbe\u0cb2\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cc0 \u0cb9\u0cac\u0ccd\u0cac \u0c8e\u0c82\u0cac\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0cc6 \u0c88 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0ca1\u0cbf\u0caf\u0ccb\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mPULQDp3oxg?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>Women observe a fast for the puja where Hindu deity Lakshmi is worshipped. The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xdZ6sB4fsm0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> shows women shoppers in the market before the puja.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Varalakshmi fast was held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/varalakshmi-vratham-2019-data-puja-timings-and-significance-of-this-day-during-shravan-2263045.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9<\/a> and this video from KR market was uploaded on August 8 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the occasion fell on July 31, 2020. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mE26OwkZJxU&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report by TV9 Kannada<\/a> from July 31 states that some more markets, including KR Market in Bengaluru, have been sealed due to the coronavirus epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>A video of crowded KR market in Bengaluru was shared as recent thus, giving the impression that people came out in large numbers during COVID-19. However, the clip is from August last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a crowded market is being widely shared on social media. The video has been shot from a high vantage point and shows people shopping. On July 31, Twitter user @Narendra_K1208 claimed that the video shows KR Market in Bengaluru. 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