CLAIM: Video exhibits Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand reprimanding CM Yogi Adityanath for Maha Kumbh stampede.
FACT CHECK: The video is a part of an interview Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand gave to a Gujarati information channel the place he criticised the Kumbh mismanagement and questioned Uttar Pradesh authorities’s effectivity.
A video of Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth in Uttarakhand, has surfaced with false claims that it exhibits him reprimanding Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister, for the stampede in Kumbh.
BOOM discovered that the video exhibits Shankaracharya interacting with a Gujarati information outlet Jamawat on a video name and never Yogi Adityanath.
Within the viral video, Shankaracharya may be heard saying in Hindi, “You had mentioned I’ve made all of the preparations, so the place did your preparations go, your Kumbh is also much like the earlier Kumbh (melas). Your Kumbh ought to have been particular, you had been saying I’ve made all of the preparations. You had been saying that 40 crores are going to come back and I’ve made association for 100 crores…when solely 40 crores are coming in an association meant for 100 crores, then why are your preparations failing?”
The video has been shared by Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress with the caption, “To Yogi Adityanath on video name Shankaracharya ji reprimanded.”
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Reality Verify
BOOM first ran key phrase searches for information articles associated to the video name interplay between Shankaracharya and Yogi, however didn’t discover any credible stories.
The video has an ‘Unique Chauchak Media’ watermark on it and a brand on the finish of the clip. We then discovered the video on the YouTube channel of Chauchak Media.
The video was uploaded on February 5, 2025 with the outline, “Shankaracharya was seen scolding on video name, made Yogi Adityanath realise the error.” It nonetheless didn’t make clear whether or not Shankaracharya was talking to Yogi Adityanath.
Viral Video Is A Half Of An Interview
We additionally discovered that a number of customers identified that the video is a part of an interview with a information outlet. Taking a touch, we ran a key phrase seek for current interviews given by Shankaracharya and located a 13-minute lengthy video on a Gujarati information channel known as ‘Jamawat’. Shankaracharya may be seen making the identical remarks as seen within the viral video when requested about stampedes taking place in Kumbh gatherings.
On the 6:07 timestamp, Shankaracharya criticises the administration and the chaos in Maha Kumbh this 12 months.
Affirmation From The Media Channel
Journalist Devanshi Joshi from Jamawat took the interview and it premiered on YouTube on February 3. Jamawat staff instructed BOOM,, “This dialog is a part of our interview. We had interviewed Shankaracharya on telephone. It’s being shared within the fallacious context.”
Journalist Devanshi Joshi, who interviewed Shankaracharya, additionally refuted the viral declare on X. She wrote, “Throughout the recording of my interview, somebody current there will need to have recorded it and used it to unfold faux information.”
This story was initially revealed by BOOM, and republished by NDTV as a part of the Shakti Collective
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