Fact check: BJP leader's claim about cross, Narasimha Swami Idol located on same hillock is false
Few images of a huge cross being installed near the Narasimha Swami temple are viral on social media.
By Satya Priya BN Published on 3 March 2021 8:03 AM GMT![Fact check: BJP leaders claim about cross, Narasimha Swami Idol located on same hillock is false Fact check: BJP leaders claim about cross, Narasimha Swami Idol located on same hillock is false](https://newsmeter.in/h-upload/2021/03/03/294036-huge-cross-in-edlapadu.webp)
Few images of a huge cross being installed near the Narasimha Swami temple are viral on social media.
"See huge illegal Cross in Edlapadu, AP where once footprints of #SitaMaa existed. Carving of Lord Narasimhama exists at back. In Guntur Dist Christian mafias have created havoc. @BJP4Andhra & @friendsofrss protested but the administration tacitly supported. #Encroachment4ChristInAP (sic)," reads the message
See huge illegal Cross in Edlapadu, AP where once foot prints of #SitaMaa existed.
ā Sunil Deodhar (@Sunil_Deodhar) March 2, 2021
Carving of Lord Narasimhama exists at back.
In Guntur Dist Christian mafias have created havoc.@BJP4Andhra & @friendsofrss protested but administration tacitly supported.#Encroachment4ChristInAP pic.twitter.com/WAfFgVYMD6
See huge illegal Cross in Edlapadu, AP where once foot prints of #SitaMaa existed.
ā pothuguntarameshnaidu (@pothuguntarame1) March 2, 2021
Carving of Lord Narasimhama exists at back.
In Guntur Dist Christian mafias have created havoc.@BJP4Andhra & @friendsofrss protested but administration tacitly supported.#Encroachment4ChristInAP pic.twitter.com/fdaRG0osIs
See huge illegal Cross in Edlapadu, AP where once foot prints of SitaMaa existed. Carving of Lord Narasimhama exists at...
Posted by Satheesh Kumaar on Tuesday, 2 March 2021
These images are viral on both Twitter as well as Facebook. The users are claiming that a huge cross is being installed on the hillocks of Edlapadu where an idol of Narasimha Swami and Sitamma footprints are located. The idol and Sitamma footprints are worshipped by Hindus. Users claim that the church is encroaching upon the area and disrupting its sanctity.
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Fact Check:
The claim that a huge cross is being installed on the same hillock where Narasimha swami idol and Sitamma Padalu (footprints) are located is FALSE.
Guntur rural district Police have refuted these claims. They published a clarification on this issue. "THEY ARE COMPLETELY 2 DIFFERENT HILLOCKS and there is absolutely NO encroachment of the hill where Narasimha Swami Idol is located (check videos by our SHO), Request to use Twitter to spread love, unity, and peace. @APPOLICE100, @dgpapofficial, @ysjagan," police said.
They even shared the video of the hillock where Narasimha Swami Idol is located.
Fact check : THEY ARE COMPLETELY 2 DIFFERENT HILLOCKS and there is absolutely NO encroachment of the hill where Narasimha Swami idol is there ..(check videos by our SHO)
ā GUNTUR RURAL DISTRICT POLICE (@GntRuralPolice) March 2, 2021
Request to use Twitter to spread love, unity and peace..@APPOLICE100 @dgpapofficial @ysjagan pic.twitter.com/lc7HZpq6c5
In a press release, Sub Collector of Narasaraopet said there is no encroachment on the hillock where Narasimha Swami Idol and Sitamma Padalu (Footprints) are located.
"There is NO truth in this news. RCM Church has applied to the government on the construction of a huge cross on the Yerrakonda area. But even before permission was granted, the Church has started the construction of the cross. Police commisionerate and Tahsildar of the area is taking the necessary action on the construction," he said.
There is a minimum of Ā½ kilometer distance between the place where Narasimha Swami Idol is located and the cross being constructed. So Please do not believe in the rumors, police added.
As reported by the SP Rural Guntur and Sub Collector,the allegation that the Cross was erected where Sita Maata footprints and carvings of Lord Narsimha existed is not true.
ā District Collector, Guntur (@CollectorGuntr) March 2, 2021
The hill with Sita Maata footprints is different from the hill which has the Cross. https://t.co/JaGBvo2d6q
The same report has been published in several articles on media websites.
https://www.siasat.com/cross-
Hence, the claim that a huge cross is being installed on the same hillock where Narasimha Swami Idol and Sitamma Padalu (footprints) are located is FALSE.