Claim: Recent video showing ice-covered Shivling at the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik.
Fact-check: An old video showing Shivling covered in ice at Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik now viral with a false claim - FACTLY
Verdict: in june 2022, the priests at the trimbakeshwar temple covered the shivling with a blob of ice and falsely claimed that the ice had formed naturally. this act was timed to coincide with the opening of the amarnath cave shrine to attract devotees to trimbakeshwar. the current viral video is related to this incident. based on a complaint by the temple trust, the police had registered a case against the accused. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2024-06-25T11:36:04