Claim: 15 feet snake covers the statue of Buddha every year during the rains.
Fact-check: '15 feet snake covers the statue of Buddha'? No, the snake was digitally created - FACTLY
Verdict: when observed clearly, the eyes of the snake in the video are glowing in red indicating it to be a digitally created one. multiple older uploads mention that a boy from sri lanka has used technology to create muchalinda cobra shown in the video. as per buddhist mythology, muchalinda is the name of a naga, a snake-like being, who sheltered buddha from rain for seven days while he was deep in meditation. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-06-14T10:40:43