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      Photos Of COVID-19 Centre In Vadodara BAPS Temple Shared As Mumbai

      BOOM found that the photos being shared are from the Altadra BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Vadodra and not the Mumbai temple.

      By - Dilip Unnikrishnan |
      Published -  18 April 2021 7:08 PM IST
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      Photos Of COVID-19 Centre In Vadodara BAPS Temple Shared As Mumbai

      A set of images showing a number of hospital beds lined up in a hall has gone viral with misleading captions claiming that the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Mumbai has been converted into a COVID-19 care centre in the wake of the increasing Coronavirus cases.

      BOOM found that the viral photos are from Altadra BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Vadodra, Gujarat.

      The pictures are viral at a time when India is reporting high number of COVID-19 cases. The country reported over 2.61 lakh COVID cases on April 18.

      The photos have been tweeted by several verified Twitter handles including BJP leaders Shobha Karandlaje, BL Santosh as well as Congress leader Imran Pratapgarhi among others.

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      While Santosh and Pratapgarhi shared the photos thanking the temple authorities, Karandlaje shared the images with a text 'Together we can beat this #CoronaPandemic! Mumbai Sri Swamynarayan Mandir premises converted into COVID hospital. Will the liberal media see this contribution of a Hindu Org??!'.

      Together we can beat this #CoronaPandemic!

      Mumbai Sri Swamynarayan Mandir premises converted into COVID hospital.

      Will the liberal media see this contribution of a Hindu Org??!#StayHome #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/L30CeZaD5R

      — Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) April 17, 2021

      An archive of the post can be found here.

      Mumbai Sri Swamynarayan Mandir premises converted into COVID hospital ... 🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/gdpsFYHNYc

      — B L Santhosh (@blsanthosh) April 17, 2021

      An archive of the post can be found here.

      मुंबई के श्री स्वामीनारायण मंदिर को कोविड अस्पताल में बदल दिया गया है । वहाँ पर इलाज कराने वाले सभी बीमारों का ख़र्च भी मंदिर ही उठाएगा ।
      मंदिर प्रशासन को दिल से साधुवाद pic.twitter.com/jlKCrutRYE

      — Imran Pratapgarhi (@ShayarImran) April 16, 2021

      An archive of the post can be found here.

      The photos have also been shared with the misleading claim on Facebook and Twitter.

      An archive of the post can be found here.

      An archive of the post can be found here.

      मुंबई के श्री स्वामीनारायण मंदिर को कोविड अस्पताल में बदल दिया गया है वहाँ पर इलाज कराने वाले सभी बीमारों का ख़र्च भी मंदिर ही उठाएगा मंदिर वालो ने अपना काम कर दिया pic.twitter.com/2NQMVQFBsq

      — Pushpendra Kulshreshtha (@ThePushpendra_) April 16, 2021

      An archive of the post can be found here.

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      BOOM also received the photo on its WhatsApp helpline number.


      Fact Check

      BOOM ran a keyword search on Google with 'BAPS Swaminarayan Temple COVID-19' and came across a news bulletin on TV9 Gujarati's YouTube channel titled 'Vadodara: 200-bed COVID facility comes up at Sabha Mandap of BAPS Atladara temple'.

      A comparison of the visuals in the news report and the viral photos shows that they were taken at the same place.

      In the background of the photos, the words 'Yagnapurush Sabhagruha' in Gujarati can be seen. The same words can also be seen in the TV9 Gujarati report. Yagnapurush Sabhagruha is a hall in the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Altadra, Vadodara.

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      TV9 Gujarati reported that the hall has been converted into a 500-bed COVID-19 facility. It also reported that the facility will make provisions for 13,000 litres of oxygen supply and will have 30 toilets, 40 bathrooms and ventilators and ICUs.

      A keyword search with 'BAPS Swaminarayan Temple COVID-19 Vadodara' led us to a Times Of India report from April 15 which stated that temples and mosques in Vadodara including the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple are setting up COVID-19 care centres to tackle the surge in COVID cases.


      We further searched for media reports on the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Mumbai being converted into a COVID-19 care centre but did not find any news reports. BOOM also reached out to the temple in Mumbai but did not receive a response.

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      Many temples, mosques and churches in India have opened up their facilities to be used COVID-19 care and isolation centres during the pandemic over the last year.

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      Claim :   BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Mumbai has been converted into a COVID-19 care centre.
      Claimed By :  BL Santosh, Shobha Karandlaje, Imran Pratapgarhi, posts on Facebook and Twitter
      Fact Check :  Misleading
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