Artistic Banyan Tree from Karnataka shared as sculpture carved in stone at Naga Vasuki temple, Prayag - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 11, 2020
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as the beautiful sculpture of Naga Vasuki temple, located in Prayag city of Uttar Pradesh. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Photo of a sculpture carved in stone at Naga Vasuki temple, located in Prayag city of Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: Sculpture in the photo belongs to the Utsav Rock Garden in Haveli district of Karnataka. This sculpture is described as the ‘Artistic Banyan Tree’ in Utsav Rock Garden website. This sculpture has nothing related to the Naga Vasuki temple in Prayag. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, we found a similar photo of this sculpture in “Where is this?” website. In the website, it is mentioned that sculpture in the photo belongs to the Utsav Rock Garden, located in Haveri district of Karnataka.
When we searched for other official sources using these keywords, we found a similar photo of the sculpture in the official website of Utsav Rock Garden. In the website, this sculpture is described as the ‘Artistic Banyan Tree’. This sculpture was also found in a video posted on the official YouTube channel of Utsav Rock Garden.
To sum it up, a sculpture belonging to the Utsav Rock Garden in Karnataka is falsely shared as the sculpture of Naga Vasuki temple in Prayag.
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