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A number of Facebook and Twitter posts shared a photo claiming to show the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, decorated with flying lanterns ahead of the Diwali festival. The claim is false. This image is a composite of two images – one of a Thai fair sky lantern, and one of the Golden Temple.
The picture was published. This Facebook post on October 25, 2019.
The misleading post’s caption reads: “Absolute Heaven…Golden Temple Amritsar..not fireworks but lanterns in the sky reflecting in the Sarovar around the Gurdwara…Awesome view of Golden Temple, Amritsar.
“The Golden TempleSri Harmandar Sahib refers to a Sikh place of worship in a city in northern India. Amritsar In the state of Punjab
“reservoir” means “pond” andGurdwaraMeans “Sikh Temple” in Hindi.
Below is a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post:
A misleading post was also published. Here, Here And Here And on Facebook Here, Here, Here And here on Twitter and here and here on Instagram with similar claims.
The claim is false. The image was created by digitally combining two images.
A watermark @navkaranbrar1 can be seen on the image.
Below is a screenshot of the image highlighting the watermark.
A user named Navkaran Brar, who describes himself as a visual artist on his profile, posted the image on Twitter on October 20, 2017.
The tweet said: “#HappyDiwali2017 #goldentemple picart by me If you are going to post this please give proper credit #amritsar (copyright).”
Another one Tweet The same account said the next day: “Totally the work is by me, no one else and yes it’s editing and not real I created the art not fooling anyone, thnx.”
Brar also posted the photo multiple times on his Instagram account. Here.
Below is a screenshot of their Instagram page.
First image posted. Here on his Instagram page on October 19, 2017.
Check out this post on Instagram
Diwali is the festival of lights. On the occasion of Diwali, you will find that every city, town and village is lit up with thousands of lamps everywhere. But celebration isn’t just about lighting the outer lamp – there’s an inner light to come. Light means clarity. Without clarity, every other quality you possess will only become a detriment, not a gift, because trust without clarity is a disaster. And much of the world today is done without explanation. Without the necessary clarity, anything you try to do will be a disaster. Light brings clarity to your vision – not just in the physical sense. How clearly you see life and see everything around you decides how wisely you lead your life. Diwali is the day when the dark forces are put to death and light emerges. This is also the problem of human life. Like the dark clouds that spread in the dark atmosphere, do not think that they are blocking the sun, man does not need to bring light from anywhere. If only he would remove the dark clouds that he has allowed to gather within him, there would be light. The Festival of Lights is just a reminder of that. ~ Sadhguru #Imagination artwork #goldentemple #diwali #harimandirsahib #sikhtemple #sikh #sikhism #bandichordivas #chineselanterns #imagination #adoberisingstars #sikhexpo #happydiwali #instagram #enter_imagination #photoshop_tas_creative #indphotoshop_fantography #bestvacations #ngtindia #navkaranbrar #discoverearth #WHPlikealocal #artingoutloud # theweekoninstagram
A reverse image search on Google revealed that two separate images used to create the misleading image had been circulating online for years.
For example, a photo of sky lanterns in reports from Thailand’s Loi Krathong festival has been circulating online for at least six years. Here In November 2013 and Here In November 2014
A photo of the Golden Temple was posted online. Here In November 2012
Below is a comparison between the composite image (L) and an image of the Thai fair (top right) and the Golden Temple of India (bottom right):
