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“‘Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham’ seer has denied blessings to Rahul Gandhi and then Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for their alleged anti-Hindu stance”
Social media posts Claim dated 28 Jan 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

No such denial of blessings by the seer was reported by any reputed news agency. In fact, several of them reported that Rahul Gandhi and Siddaramaiah were given blessings by the seer on their visit to the mutt. It was also reported that the mutt seer has gifted a photograph of Rajiv Gandhi (when he visited the mutt) to Rahul Gandhi

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 28 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 February 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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