“Hindu mythology portrayed the earth as spherical long before the commonly held belief that it was flat until the 5th century since Varaha lifted a spherical earth”
What FACTLY found
Ancient architecture depicting this legend represented Varaha holding personified earth or Bhudevi and not flat or spherical earth. Illustrations from the medieval period depict Varaha supporting a flat Earth. Images of these illustrations, found at the British and Brooklyn Museums, clearly depict Varaha lifting a flat Earth. Further, there is no conclusive evidence indicating that Hindu scriptures refer to the Earth as spherical
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 January 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 February 2024, 9 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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