“The viral photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin reading the Bhagavad Gita.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Dec 2025.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The image is AI-generated, as confirmed by Google SynthID and Hive AI-detection tools. While Prime Minister Modi did gift a Russian edition of the Bhagavad Gita to President Putin, there is no official photo showing Putin reading it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 December 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0MJRFyGnCzVb5L3DhqDyizCHFU8Ekz4WNE…
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