The video of people pelting stones is from a religious event in Uttarakhand, not the Maha Kumbh Mela
https://youtu.be/GjdT7gQGW_k The Maha Kumbh Mela (here, here and here) began on 13 January 2025 and will continue until…
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Viral video of an international flight landing announcement for 2025 Maha Kumbh created by a digital content creator shared as a real incident
https://youtu.be/Lj42yig5vmE A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows an aerial…
An old video from 2018 is shared as a recent incident of a man named Netram Kushwa attacked by goons in Uttar Pradesh
A viral video (here and here) on social media shows two children crying by the…
This photo of Mechanised scavenging equipment is from India, not China
https://youtu.be/g4MWVXnRdTk A social media post (here, here and here) featuring two images side by side:…
AI-Generated Images of Public Figures Shared as Their Participation in Maha Kumbh Mela
https://youtu.be/Ng40cqHCFBI Several images featuring actors, politicians, wrestlers, and sports personalities allegedly participating in the 2025…
Incident of a woman’s dead body found in a fridge in Madhya Pradesh is shared with a false communal narrative
A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows crime scene visuals…
A 2019 video of BJP ex-MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh dancing with guns has been shared as recent
Amid the incident (here, here and here) where ex-MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion and his…
Karnataka tableau featuring Tipu Sultan is from the 2014 Republic Day parade; Karnataka’s 2025 Republic Day Parade tableau displayed temples
On 26 January 2025, India celebrated its 76th Republic Day. President Droupadi Murmu unfurled the…
An old video of people riding a boat-shaped vehicle in Thailand is falsely shared as visuals of people travelling to the 2025 Prayagraj Maha Kumbh
https://youtu.be/aHQcHP2VgCg A video being shared on social media (here, here, and here) shows people riding…
Kumbh Mela is celebrated four times every 12 years, not once every 12 years
https://youtu.be/ZegExNcHPKo A graphic (here, here, and here) with a quote from the Union Home Minister…
