{"id":73636,"date":"2020-08-20T20:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=73636"},"modified":"2020-08-20T20:51:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:21:29","slug":"vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"False claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda viral on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two different claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda have been making the rounds on social media recently. The first is that Forbes declared her the most beautiful woman out of all the Indian royal families. The second is about her making the decision to leave behind her royal life to become a Jain Sadhvi. A few photos of Maharani Radhika Raje along with a video of a woman are being circulated along with these claims. In the video, a woman wearing a white-coloured sari and gold ornaments. Her hair is being shaved off in what looks like a religious ceremony. Facebook user Anil Chetan claimed in an August 12 post that the clip featured none other than Raje. By the time this article was written, his post had been shared 1,600 times and the video had been viewed more than 2 lakh times. (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/ePJgT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link to the archived post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2728633887425384&amp;id=100008363971430\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2728633887425384&amp;id=100008363971430\"><p>*\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u093e\u0930\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u092e\u0928*<\/p>\n<p>\u092c\u0921\u093c\u094c\u0926\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0917\u093e\u092f\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u094b\u0930\u094d\u092c\u094d\u0938 \u092e\u0948\u0917\u091c\u093c\u0940\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Anil-Chetan\/100008363971430\">Anil Chetan<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2728633887425384&amp;id=100008363971430\">Tuesday, 11 August 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A longer version of the same video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">of a woman\u2019s mundan<\/a> (head shaving ceremony) is also being shared on Facebook by other users. A man named Udayam Ajanna had shared this via a Facebook Live stream. By the time this article was written, it had been viewed more than 5,700 times. (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/3nR4v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link to the archived post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/udhaybhutani123\/videos\/249939225978579\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/udhaybhutani123\/videos\/249939225978579\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udea9*\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u093e\u0930\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u092e\u0928* \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u092c\u0921\u093c\u094c\u0926\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0917\u093e\u092f\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u094b\u0930\u094d\u092c\u094d\u0938 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\u0938\u093e\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0932\u0940<br \/>\n\u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u091c\u092c \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926\u0932 \u092e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0902\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0948\u092d\u0935 \u092a\u0947\u0921\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0941\u0916\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u091d\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 , \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b \u0927\u0928 \u0935 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0928 \u0926\u094c\u0921\u093c\u0947 , \u091a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0964 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0902\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u093e\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0928 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 \u0915\u094b \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/udhaybhutani123\/\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0906\u091c\u0902\u0923\u093e<\/a> on Sunday, 16 August 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/newsmo\/video\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-most-beautiful-queen-of-india-1712003-2020-08-17?fbclid=IwAR1WzljUnqp_Um9Jl1k14BIp3Oe5nrZ4dQQPyJSPeWBUtuN0bz30ukKSgXc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A video story by India Today<\/a> from August 17 claimed that Forbes magazine had dubbed Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad the most beautiful woman in the Indian royal families. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstodaycg.com\/queen-of-baroda-radhika-raje-gaikwad-took-renunciation-took-initiation-of-jainism-became-sadhvi-watched-videos-of-hair-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The website of News Today Chhattisgarh<\/a> had also shared the news of the Maharani becoming a Jain Sadhvi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73636 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%a7%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b7%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%ac\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1115\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u0948\u0928-\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e-\u0915\u0940-\u0932\u0940-\u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u092c-990x669.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1115px) 100vw, 1115px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-most-beautiful-queen-of-india-indiatoday\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/All-You-Need-to-Know-About-The-Most-Beautiful-Queen-of-India-IndiaToday.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/All-You-Need-to-Know-About-The-Most-Beautiful-Queen-of-India-IndiaToday.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/All-You-Need-to-Know-About-The-Most-Beautiful-Queen-of-India-IndiaToday-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This information is being shared widely across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News will put before you the reality of the two claims about Baroda\u2019s Maharani Radhika Raje on social media.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>1. Forbes has not declared the Maharani the most beautiful woman of the Indian royal family<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The claim of Forbes magazine declaring Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad as the most beautiful woman in Indian royalty is completely false. Radhika Raje had also rejected this claim through an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CD8mJGUlTE6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CD8mJGUlTE6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Radhikaraje Gaekwad (@radhikaraje)<\/a> on Aug 16, 2020 at 3:27am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Indian edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/IN\/Pinnacle-Connect-LLP\/MillionaireAsia-India\/Lifestyle\/387965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MillionaireAsia Magazine<\/a> had put the Maharani on their cover in December 2019 alongside a feature story about her. The publication had given Radhika Raje the nickname of &#8216;The Modern Day Maharani&#8217;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/search\/?q=Radhika%20raje#41a0c64c279f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No information about her<\/a> was found on the Forbes website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"865\" class=\"wp-image-73637 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i1-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/2-1.jpg?resize=640%2C865&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i1-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i1-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-1-222x300.jpeg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>2. Maharani Radhika Raje has not become a Jain Sadhvi<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>After doing some digging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/radhikaraje\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Maharani Radhika Raje&#8217;s Instagram<\/a>, we discovered a post dated August 19. This post contained an official statement on this matter issued by the Lakshmi Vilas Palace. The statement makes it clear that the claims suggesting Radhika Raje is leaving her property to become a Jain Sadhvi are completely false.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEDwVhjlQkx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEDwVhjlQkx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Radhikaraje Gaekwad (@radhikaraje)<\/a> on Aug 18, 2020 at 10:11pm PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Woman seen in the viral video is not Maharani Radhika Raje<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>After doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=lady%27s+hair+remove+befor+jain+diksha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a keyword search<\/a> on YouTube, we discovered the viral video. It had been uploaded on June 16, 2018. According to the channel, the video shows a ritual that is carried out before the Jain &#8216;Deeksha&#8217; ceremony. We did not get any additional details about the woman appearing in the video. Furthermore, the face of the woman featured here does not resemble Maharani Radhika Raje&#8217;s features.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kesh lunchan removal of hair Before JAIN Diksha\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YuiDGV90Do?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>Apart from this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/radhikaraje\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the pictures being shared with these false claims<\/a> have been taken from her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-73636 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/r6-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R6-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R6-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R6-1-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/r3-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1055\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R3-1-990x669.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1055px) 100vw, 1055px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/r1-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1111\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R1-1-990x626.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vadodara-queen-radhika-raje-gaekwad-didnt-accept-jain-religion-unrelated-video-shared-with-false-claim\/r2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2.jpg 952w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2-111x83.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/R2-215x161.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ultimately, the claims being made about Maharani Radhika Raje of Baroda are nothing but a hoax. Neither has she decided to become a Jain Sadhvi nor has Forbes magazine declared her the most beautiful woman among the Indian royal families. The video being shared on social media with these claims is actually two years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two different claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda have been making the rounds on social media recently. The first is that Forbes declared her the most beautiful woman out of all the Indian royal families. The second is about her making the decision to leave behind her royal life to become a Jain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":73644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-73636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-analysis","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>False claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda viral on social media - 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=\"False claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda viral on social media - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two different claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda have been making the rounds on social media recently. 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