Did PM Modi take 37 photos of him washing his hands in a toilet?
The second photo shows Mr. Modi washing his hands in a sink and the text implies that 37 photos were taken of him washing his hands.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 22 Oct 2022 9:59 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two photos are circulating on social media. The first photo is of Neil Armstrong with a text that says five photos were taken of the astronaut who went to the moon. The second photo shows Mr. Modi washing his hands in a sink and the text implies that 37 photos were taken of him washing his hands.
A Twitter user shared the photos and claimed that PM Modi has a serious "camera obsession."
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Another user shared the photos and called Mr. Modi "Camerajeevi."
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found a comment by a Twitter user in one of the above posts. He said that the Prime Minister's photo was not taken in a toilet and added it could be either outside Langar (dining hall) or Joda Ghar (where shoes are kept) in a gurudwara. The user also shared another version of the same photo which shows a staircase behind the sink.
On performing a reverse image search of the photo, we found it in a report by The Free Press Journal from 20 December 2020. The article titled "PM Modi's surprise visit to Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi" said Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in New Delhi on the occasion of the 400th Prakash Parv of Guru Teg Bahadur.
Mr. Modi also tweeted about his visit to Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and shared three images in which he is clad in the same attire as seen in the viral image.
Further, to confirm the location of the viral photo, we looked up images of the gurudwara on Google Maps and found that the three washbasins seen in the viral photo are installed on the side of the staircase that leads toward the entrance of the gurdwara.
To bring more clarity, we have highlighted the similarities in a collage below:
It is evident that the photo of PM Modi washing his hands is taken in a gurudwara. Devotees are expected to wash their hands and feet before entering any religious place. Hence, we conclude that the claim is false.
