“Video of Yogi Adityanath applying a soldier’s ashes as tilak on his forehead”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows Yogi Adityanath applying the ashes of Holikadahan as tilak during the 2022 Holi celebrations in Gorakhpur. The Gorakhnath temple has been following the tradition of beginning the Holi festival after Holikadahan and applying the remains of Holika’s ashes as tilak on the forehead. Yogi Adityanath, who served as Goraksha Pithadhishwar in the Gorakhnath temple from 1996 to 2019, has been following this tradition for a long time. Yogi Adityanath in the video was ...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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