“The video shows Hindus in Nepal replacing Islamic flags with saffron flags.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video does not show Hindus in Nepal replacing Islamic flags with saffron flags. It is from Maddur, Mandya, Karnataka, India. According to reports, on 08 September 2025, Hindutva activists marched from Narsingh Swami Temple to a mosque and forcibly replaced an Islamic flag with a saffron one. The incident followed stone-pelting during a Ganesh idol immersion on 07 September 2025. However, we could not independently verify whether the viral video is linked to the protests in Maddur or...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 September 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 September 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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