Clip Shows Islamic Song Sung For Martyrs’ Day in Kolkata, Not For Navratri

Fact-check: An old video from a Martyrs’ Day event is being shared to falsely claim that it shows the Navratri celebration in West Bengal.

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A video of a massive public gathering where a man sings an Islamic song while remixing it with a Hindu religious song about goddess Durga is going viral on social media.

Users are claiming that this recently happened during the Navratri celebration in West Bengal.

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(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This video is from Martyrs’ day event held in Kolkata on 21 July 2023 and in unrelated to Navratri celebration.

How did we find out the truth? We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video on Google, which led us to a YouTube video that was live streamed on 21 July 2023.

• The title and the description stated that it shows Martyrs' Day event held in Kolkata.

• The Trinamool Congress (TMC) observes Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year to commemorate the killing of 13 people in police firing in a Youth Congress rally against the then Left Front government which happened in 1993.

• The viral video starts at 44:06 timestamp in the longer version and it shows a singer Shantanu Roy Chowdhury singing 'Allah-hu-Akbar' and 'Ya Devi Sarvabhutesh' together.

• The event was also reported by Mint and The Economic Times.

Conclusion: An old video from a Martyrs’ Day event is being shared to falsely claim that it shows Navratri celebration in West Bengal.

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