{"id":90707,"date":"2021-04-17T21:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=90707"},"modified":"2021-04-19T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:08:53","slug":"photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Vadodara&#8217;s BAPS temple viral as BAPS Mumbai has started COVID ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second wave of COVID-19 has hit severely in India. On April 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/maharashtra-states-daily-tally-highest-at-63729-toll-biggest-in-196-days\/articleshow\/82108997.cms\">The Times of India<\/a> reported that Maharashtra recorded the highest number of cases (63,729) and deaths (398) since October 2020. Despite the rising cases across the country, Hindu pilgrims have gathered in lakhs for Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. The congregation has received criticism for flouting COVID norms. Against this backdrop, several social media users posted two images of empty beds with the claim that Mumbai&#8217;s Sri Swami Narayan temple has converted itself into a COVID hospital, and the expenses will be borne by the temple.<\/p>\n<p>BJP MP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShobhaBJP\/status\/1383378407296143367?s=20\">Shobha Karandlaje<\/a> tweeted the images and wrote, &#8220;Together we can beat this #CoronaPandemic! Mumbai Sri Swamynarayan Mandir premises converted into COVID hospital. Will the liberal media see this contribution of a Hindu Org??!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90739 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.29.01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.29.01.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.29.01-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BJP leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blsanthosh\/status\/1383376394441289733\">B L Santhosh<\/a> also posted the images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90741 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.31.04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.31.04.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-17.31.04-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congress leader and Urdu poet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShayarImran\/status\/1382980296023420930\">Mohammad Imran Pratapgarhi<\/a> made the claim in Hindi. He wrote, &#8220;\u092e\u0941\u0902\u092c\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e\u092f\u0923 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0935\u093f\u0921 \u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0926\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092a\u0930 \u0907\u0932\u093e\u091c \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092c\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0916\u093c\u0930\u094d\u091a \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u0909\u0920\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0964\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0938\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0926.&#8221; This tweet gained over 6,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShayarImran\/status\/1382980296023420930\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-15.55.18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-15.55.18.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-15.55.18-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marineravin\/status\/1383027149683056641\">@marineravin<\/a>&#8216;s tweet gained over 2,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.44.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.44-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmarineravin%2Fstatus%2F1383027149683056641%20filter%3Averified%20&amp;src=recent_search_click\">Several verified accounts<\/a> also quoted-tweeted the claim including journalists Padman Joshi, Rahul Pandita, Uttam Kumar; columnist Harini Calamur, Bollywood actor Richa Chadha and Swara Bhaskar, TV actor Shruti Seth, film director Onir, and The Dialogue founder Kazim Rizvi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16-04-08\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.08.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.04.08-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/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\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19-40-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.40.28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.40.28.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.40.28-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/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\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19-41-30\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.41.30.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.41.30.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-19.41.30-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/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\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16-08-08\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.08.08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.08.08.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.08.08-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/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\/photos-of-vadodaras-baps-temple-viral-as-baps-mumbai-has-started-covid-ward\/screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16-03-30\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.03.30.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.03.30.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.03.30-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Imposter account of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePushpendra_\/status\/1383110527002365953\">Pushpendra Kulshreshtha<\/a> (ThePushpendra_) amplified the claim. His tweet has 10,000 likes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePushpendra_\/status\/1383110527002365953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90726 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.23.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.23.00.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.23.00-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just like on Twitter, the claim is widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=Sri%20Swami%20Narayan%20Covid%20hospital&amp;sde=AbovPWly2G7B8dad2B1ZSgO-IdWRPQSrRS1p9Z3KbfAUWOKtwjDxj_h5FzgzIPCsna05Ag4nMlr0Ca6yjsquQy1sr02N8SWcEHD7ucrPWErzPFkFBMWN9tqh2U2EpqyY4jXA-q6gZ5cl8E5bqzLchIFt\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.12.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.12.44.jpg 1258w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.12.44-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.12.44-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-17-at-16.12.44-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>On April 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZ4U1NvAV4w\">TV9 Gujarati<\/a> reported that the prayer meet hall of Vadodara-based BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (in the Atladra area) has been turned into a 200-bed COVID facility as a response to the shortage of hospital beds due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Gujarat. The number of beds will be increased to 500 in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>TV9 reported facilities such as 13,000 litres of oxygen supply, 30 toilets, 40 bathrooms and ventilatory and intensive care units will also be set up. As per the channel, 21 patients were admitted to this facility. On the same day, as per Desh Gujarat&#8217;s report, the number of patients rose to 45. By the next day, 300 beds were ready according to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vadodara\/religious-bodies-join-war-on-pandemic\/articleshow\/82071159.cms\">The Times of India<\/a>. TOI added that a mosque in the city also got permission to start a 142-bed facility.<\/p>\n<p>The visuals shown in the TV9 report are identical to the ones in the viral image.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZ4U1NvAV4w[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>The following collage shows the similarities in the viral image and TV9 report. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dZ4U1NvAV4w?t=25\">0:25 second mark<\/a>, we can see that the bedsheets are identical and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dZ4U1NvAV4w?t=47\">0:47 second mark<\/a> we can see that the stage in the background is identical as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/In-story-chart-1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A high-resolution video uploaded by the Facebook page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ourvadodara\/posts\/3958542804180930\">Our Vadodara<\/a>&#8216; shows the same hospital. Several other users\/pages have uploaded multiple images from the facility including \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bapspoland\/posts\/1136122793468005\">Friends of BAPS Poland<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vadodaracityportal\/posts\/2728391027423913\">Voice of Vadodara<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10215219110070923&amp;set=pcb.10215219112230977\">Sanjay Koriya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bapspoland\/posts\/1136122793468005\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bapspoland\/posts\/1136122793468005\"><p>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir &#8211; London Our global efforts to combat the effects of #COVID19 continue in India with a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bapspoland\/\">Friends of BAPS Poland<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bapspoland\/posts\/1136122793468005\">Thursday, 15 April 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alt News spoke with Gyan Vatsal Swami of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Vadodara. &#8220;I&#8217;m aware that some images are being shared with misleading information. That&#8217;s probably because the label on the beds shows Mumbai&#8217;s address. Last year during the peak of the pandemic we had made beds and sent them to Mumbai. Once the situation got better, the beds were returned to Vadodara because we have a larger storage facility. The same beds are being used in Vadodara.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the users who shared the viral claim also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marineravin\/status\/1383062266472321035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that the board on the beds says &#8216;Dadar&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90822 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2ea8ca83-41f2-44b7-b164-71435a70bb49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2ea8ca83-41f2-44b7-b164-71435a70bb49.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2ea8ca83-41f2-44b7-b164-71435a70bb49-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BAPS Mumbai issued a press release clarifying that the COVID facility has been opened in Vadodara.<br \/>\nThe press note by Sadhu Bhaktipriyadas further says, &#8220;There are plans to open a COVID Center at Powai by BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir. Hopefully, we will one open in Dadar as well.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90823 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/press-release.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/press-release.png 611w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/press-release-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To conclude, images of Vadodara BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir which was turned into a COVID-19 care facility was shared with the false claim it shows the care facility in Mumbai&#8217;s Shri Swaminarayan Mandi. 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