Golden Vahanas donated to Bhadrachalam temple are being falsely shared as those donated to Ayodhya Ram Mandir by NRIs. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 2, 2024
A video is being shared on social media claiming that it shows visuals of 12 new Golden vahanas (vehicles) donated by Arya Vaishya Vasavi Association in USA to Lord Ram at Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of 12 Golden vahanas (vehicles) donated by Arya Vaishya Vasavi Association in USA to Lord Ram at Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
Fact: The video shows the Gold plated vahanas donated to the Sri Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam, Telangana by Arya Vaishya Vasavi Association in USA. The video has nothing to do with the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
On reverse image search of the screenshots from the video, a video with similar visuals was found published by the V6 news channel, with the title, “12 New Gold Divya Vahana Pratista at Bhadrachalam Temple, NRI Vasavi Sangham Donate Vahanas “, on 21 March 2023. The video shows the new Golden vahanas donated to the Sri Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam, Telangana.
The donations were made by a US-based association named NRI Vasavi Association (NRIVA). This association reportedly donated 12 new vehicles with a cost of Rs. 67 lakhs to the Badradri Sri Ramachandra Swamy temple. Reporting the details of these news vehicles donated for Thiruveedi Seva at the Bhadrachalam temple, several news websites published articles. They can be seen here, here, and here. Factly debunked the same video last year when it was attributed to TTD.
To sum it up, a video of golden vahanas donated to Sri Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam, Telangana is shared as those donated to Ayodhya Ram Mandir.