A video depicting a group of vultures moving on a road is being shared widely on social media platforms with a claim that a group of ‘Jatayu’ (vultures) has arrived in Ayodhya ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on 22 January 2024. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows a group of ‘Jatayuvu’ (vultures) that arrived in Ayodhya ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony.
Fact: This video is being shared on social media since the year 2021 though the specific time and location of the video remain unknown. However, this video has nothing to do with the ongoing Ram Mandir consecration program in Ayodhya. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Conducting a reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the viral video led us to a video uploaded on a Facebook account named “Dooz”. The video was shared on 8 October 2021.
Additionally, other social media posts that shared the same video in the past can be found here, here, and here. This indicates that the viral video has been circulating on social media since the year 2021. However, the specific time and location of the video remain unknown.
Meanwhile, several media outlets (here & here) have reported that a bronze idol of ‘Jatayu’ was placed at the historic ‘Kuber Tila’ within the Janmabhoomi complex, as Jatayu is said to have played a significant role in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video of vultures is being linked to the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration ceremony.
