No, This Video Doesn’t Show Man Blowing Shankh During 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela

We found that the video is neither recent nor is it related to 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is not from the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video showing a man blowing a shankh (conch shell), while others could be seen with their hands joined on a decorated platform, is being shared as recent visuals from the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

What are users saying?: Those sharing the clip have captioned it saying, "At Kumbhmela's inaugural function, the shankh was blown non-stop for 2 minutes 49 seconds - this is perhaps a world record. Modern science will tell you how powerful is this exercise for our lungs & the wave of positivity with this Shankhanad..."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

The post had garnered over five thousand views on the platform. Archives of similar claims can be viewed here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The claim is misleading and unrelated to the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

• The viral clip is from February 2023, when President Droupadi Murmu had visited Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi to attend Ganga aarti.

How did we find that out?: On going through the entire clip, we found that President Murmu and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath could be seen attending the aarti.

• The right-hand side of the clip also carried a watermark that said "VK News".

The video had a watermark that said "VK News".

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

Finding the original video: Taking these clues as reference, we performed a keyword search on YouTube using the words "president murmu vk news".

• This directed us to the same visuals uploaded on 13 February 2023.

• Its title when translated to English said, "A devotee blew a conch on the Ganga Ghat in such a way that even President Murmu kept looking at it | President Murmu Varanasi."

• We found that the same visuals were posted on the official YouTube channel of the President of India on 13 February 2023.

• At around the 17:33 timestamp, one could see the visuals seen in the viral clip.

News report: A report published by Hindustan Times said that President Murmu offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and also witnessed Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.

• The President was accompanied by UP CM Yogi Adityanath and governor Anandiben Patel.

The report was published on 13 February 2023.

(Source: Hindustan Times/Screenshot)

Conclusion: It is clear that the video is old and unrelated to the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

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