A video showing people pushing open a grand door of a temple is widely shared on social media, claiming that it depicts visuals of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: राम मंदिर का दरवाजा खुलते हुए. कर लो श्री राम जी का दर्शन. कितना प्यारा है भाई. जय श्री राम लिख के जाना सभी भा (English translation: Opening the door of Ram temple. Have darshan of Shri Ram ji. How cute brother. All brothers should write Jai Shri Ram and go.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Running the viral video keyframes through Google Reverse Image Search, the NM team traced a Facebook video titled: “Penugonda Vasavamba Darshanam,” uploaded on May 14, 2019, by ‘Vasavi Shanthi Dham Penugonda.’ Here the visuals resemble the temple door depicted in the viral video.
With relevant keywords, we found a news report by Business Standard stating that Vasavi Rushigotra Suvarna Mandiram temple is located in the Penugonda area of the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. It was inaugurated on February 15, 2019, with a 90-ft-tall statue of Vasavi Devi made of 65,000 kg alloy. The news agency ANI had also reported on the inauguration of this temple on February 16, 2019.
However, the image of the temple on Google Maps differs from the viral clip. Comparing these images with the viral video, it’s evident that the video shows scenes of a temple in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. Additionally, the temple houses a large idol of the goddess ‘Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshwari.’
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the viral video is NOT from Ayodhya Ram Temple, but Vasavi Rushigotra Suvarna Mandiram in Andhra Pradesh.
