Claim: Visuals of a Muslim man demolishing an ancient Hindu temple in Andhra Pradesh.
Fact-check: A land dispute over a Muslim man's memorial is shared with a false communal narrative - FACTLY
Verdict: the incident shown in the video took place in guntur, andhra pradesh on 12 october 2022. according to the media reports and guntur police, the structure shown in the video is not a temple. it is 'hazrat baji baba nishan' dargah built by a converted-muslim person named rahman alias yesu ratnam 40 years ago. as a tribute to his late wife naga ratnamma, he put snakes along with star and crescent at the entrance of the structure. locals irrespective of religion used to worship there. but after the death of rahman few years ago, his daughter and others claimed that his father wanted a mosque to be built at this place and tried demolishing it on 12 october 2022. this outraged locals who wanted to keep the existing structure. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Harshavardhan Konda
Date published: 2022-10-19T12:30:41