“Images depicting a snake with a brightly lit snake-stone, or Nagamani, on its head and surroundings”
What FACTLY found
The image of the snake with the alleged Nagamani on its head is manipulated. However, a snake catcher from a village in Madhya Pradesh claimed that he recently observed a bright, shining object near the snake he captured, but he was unsure of its nature. Although we could not independently verify the cause of the bright spot near the snake in other images, there is no evidence supporting the existence of snakes emitting or carrying shining objects
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 April 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 April 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.