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Image of ‘Newly Constructed’ Chowk is From Vadodara, Not Ayodhya

The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.

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An image showing a structure with a silver mace, bow and arrow at a street crossing has gone viral as a ‘newly constructed chowk’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. However, we found that the image is of a structure present at Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.

CLAIM

A caption shared with the viral photo reads, in Hindi: “अयोध्या में निर्मित दिव्य चौराह -अब बोलो जय श्री राम” (Translation: A holy street crossing in Ayodhya – Now say Jai Shree Ram.)

The image was massively shared on both Facebook and Twitter.

The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
A link to the search results can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)
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The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
An archive of the post can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)
The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
An archive of the post can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)
The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
An archive of the post can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Twitter)

We found that the image was also shared earlier in the year, in June.

The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
An archive of the post can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Twitter)
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WHAT WE FOUND OUT

We conducted a reverse image search of the image and while going through the search results, we found a similar image posted on 15 April 2016 on an Instagram page called 'Barodamirror'. The caption of the photo said, “New circle at Harni Bhidbhajan circle”.

The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
An archive of the post can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Instagram)

We looked up the circle on Google maps and saw the structure on a Google Street View image from November 2016.

The viral photo shows a sculpture with a mace, bow and arrow at the Gada circle in Vadodara, Gujarat.
A link to the Google Street View image can be found here.
(Photo: Screenshot/Google Maps)

We got in touch with a local reporter from Ayodhya who confirmed to us that no such structure has been built on any chowk in Ayodhya.

Evidently, the image of a structure at a chowk in Vadodara was shared with a false claim that it was a newly built chowk in Ayodhya.

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