“Recent video showing ice-covered Shivling at the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik.”
What FACTLY found
In June 2022, the priests at the Trimbakeshwar temple covered the Shivling with a blob of ice and falsely claimed that the ice had formed naturally. This act was timed to coincide with the opening of the Amarnath cave shrine to attract devotees to Trimbakeshwar. The current viral video is related to this incident. Based on a complaint by the temple trust, the police had registered a case against the accused.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 June 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=453032180923814
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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.