A 2-minute video is going viral on social media. In this video school children can be seen reciting shlokas in Sanskrit. Some of these children are Indian, while some are of foreign origin. Social media users are sharing this video claiming that on the death of Queen Elizabeth of Britain, the Royal Buckingham Palace has chanted verses in Sanskrit under Hindu culture.
Sharing this video, a user wrote – “Hindu culture chants on the death of Queen Elizabeth of Britain. Long live Mother India. @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @RSSorg @narendramodi @myogiadityanath”
At the same time, many other users are also sharing this video.
Fact Check:
To fact-check the video going viral, we watched most of the videos carefully. The video was watermarked at www.WildFilmsIndia.com. We searched the YouTube channel of WildFilmsIndia to verify the authenticity of the video. This video was posted by WildFilmsIndia on 25 May 2019.
According to the description of this video “The Queen’s Baton Relay started in 1958 with the Cardiff Commonwealth Games. This event has been taking place during every Commonwealth Games since then. One of the greatest traditions of the Games, the relay represents the unity of the Commonwealth celebrating the quadrennial event of sport and culture and conveys the message of Commonwealth harmony wherever it goes. It binds all 71 countries and territories of the Commonwealth with a single message of ‘peace and harmony through sport’. On 29 October 2009, the Queen leaves Buckingham Palace carrying a message from Elizabeth II. Queen’s Baton Relay 2010 Delhi is going to be one of the longest Baton Relay ever. In its international arena, the baton will pass through all countries and territories of the Commonwealth for 240 days and will pass through India for the next 100 days.
Conclusion:
It is clear from our fact check that this video is from the 2009 Queens Baton Relay, when the Baton Relay took off from Buckingham Palace on 29 October 2009 and was to reach New Delhi, the capital of India by 2010. Hence the claim being made by social media users is false.
Claim Review: Hindu culture chanted on the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Claimed by: social media users
Fact Check: misleading
