New York: Social media buzzed with images of Lord Ram and the upcoming temple in Ayodhya on the digital billboards of the iconic Times Square in New York on Wednesday. However, some of these images were reported to be fake. Here’s the truth behind it:
President of the American India Public Affairs Committee Jagdish Sewhani had said that prominent billboards were being leased for the occasion, including the giant Nasdaq screen and the 17,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen.
The above image is fake. It is carried from makesweet.com, which has similar templates for billboards. One of the photos of Lord Ram is taken from Alamy. It is a photograph of Lord Ram from Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Hindu temple of Singapore.
This is the real image that was hosted on a digital billboard on August 5:
#WATCH USA: A digital billboard of #RamMandir comes up in New York’s Times Square.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ of #RamMandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh earlier today. pic.twitter.com/Gq4Gi2kfvR
— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2020
