Fact Check: Video of ‘Jatayu’ heading to Ayodhya is old video from another country
At the meantime, a video of bird, said to be Jatayu is going viral over the internet. However, the video is an older clip of other country.
Preparation for inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is on full swing. At the meantime, a video of bird, said to be Jatayu is going viral over the internet. The netizens claimed that the bird is heading towards the Ram Temple. However, the video is an older clip of other country.
A user @shubhamhindu01 shared the clip on X (formerly known as Twitter) on January 3, 2024, and captioned it, “Jatayu has started arriving in Ayodhya.” The video has been watched by over 2.5 thousand people.
However, when fact checked about the video, it turned out to be an older video posted by a user named “البرارى” (Prairie) on social media platform on December 11, 2021.
The post was accompanied with caption that read, “Himalayan Eagle… It is an Old World eagle, which belongs to the order of Raptors and Hawk family. It is a genetic relative of the European gray vulture and was once classified as a subspecies of the gray vulture. -was considered a subspecies. The Himalayan vulture is found in the Himalayas and the adjacent Tibetan Plateau and is one of the two largest species of Old World vultures, birds of prey. The average weight of the Himalayan eagle is 9 kg, but the eagle is available for Weight ranges from 8 to 12 kg, depending on circumstances. As for the Himalayan eagle’s wingspan, it varies depending on the method used to measure it, and published measurements range between 2.6 m and 3.1 m.”
The same video has also been uploaded in YouTube on 19 December 2021. The video has been accompanied by a title written in Bulgarian language. After being searched on Google, the bird said to be Jatayu is actually a Eurasian Griffon Vulture and it is a very rare species in India.
Hence, the video going viral over the internet is actually a fake video.
Ms Kalinga