Visuals of the Ramayana Cultural Center located in Koradi, Nagpur, falsely shared as the inside view of Ayodhya Ram temple - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 15, 2023
A video of a traditional building with a fancy interiors is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows the interior of the Ayodhya Ram temple, which is under construction. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: This video shows the interior view of Ayodhya Ram temple.
Fact: The visuals actually show the interior of the Ramayana Cultural Center located in Koradi, Nagpur. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
After observing that the viral video carries a watermark that reads “Nagpur Experience”, we performed a keyword search on the internet to find the original source for the video. This search led us to the same video uploaded on the YouTube shorts tab of a channel named “Nagpur Experience.” This video was uploaded on 8 July 2023 and, according to the title of the video, shows “Shree Ram Dham, Koradi Mandir.”
A further search on the internet to find more details about the place revealed (here and here) that this video shows the Ramayana Cultural Center, which is located in Koradi, Nagpur, and hosts a Mahalaxmi Jagdamba Devi temple. Reportedly, President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated this Center (Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sanskritik Kendra) in July 2023 (here and here).
Additionally, based on the news reports, the Ayodhya Ram temple will be inaugurated in January 2024.
To sum up, this video does not show the interior view of Ayodhya Ram temple.