“Video of birds doing pradakshina around the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain. It happens every year on the day of Maha Shivratri”
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Claim dated 14 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The ‘News 18’ team have found that the flying of birds in flocks around the Ujjain Mahakaleshwar temple is a regular phenomenon. It has no connection with Maha Shivratri. The scientific reason behind such movement of birds is called ‘Murmuration’
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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