Does This Video Show Former Indonesian Prez Joko Widodo at Tirumala Temple? No!

A video of a man at a temple is being shared with the false claim that it shows former Indonesian President Joko Widodo visiting the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

A video showing man dressed in red and orange clothing, walking through a crowded place with folded hands is being shared on social media.

The claim: The video is being shared to claim that it shows former Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh.

• This claim was also shared by news organisations like Republic and Thanthi TV.

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

(Archived versions of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)

But...?: The Embassy of Indonesia in New Delhi categorically denied the claim, making it false.

How do we know?: We ran a reverse image search on the video, which only led us to more claims.

• We noticed that this video, or any information pertaining to Widodo visiting the temple, was not shared by any credible Indonesian government source or news organisation.

• Next, we went through Widodo's X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube pages.

Here, too, there was no evidence of Widodo having made the trip to the Tirumala temple.

• On running a keyword search, we came across a X post shared by the Indonesian Embassy in Delhi, where they denied the claim associated with the viral video.

• They said, "...the information shared is factually inaccurate. The Former President of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, has NEVER made a visit to the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala at any point during or after his term in office (sic)."

While we were unable to identify the person in the video, a simple visual comparison with this screenshot and pictures of Widodo shows that they are not the same person.

Both men look different.

(Source: X/Bloomberg/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: The claim being shared with the video is false. Widodo has not visited the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala.

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