“Picture of thousands of years old sculpture depicting Lord Vishnu’s Varaha avatar lifting the round-shaped earth”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post shows a sculpture carved on the walls of Shree Jagannath Mandir in Balasore, Odisha. The construction of this temple began in 2009 and was inaugurated four and a half years later in 2015. Renowned architect and Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra was the chief architect of this temple. The photo shared in the post does not show thousands of years old Varaha sculpture
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 November 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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