A video showing a woman dancing to a Hindi song, ‘Mere Ghar Ram Aaye Hain‘, is going viral on social media to claim that it shows Sambalpur's district collector Ananya Das.
This comes after the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.
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How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video and this led us to a YouTube video shared by Mradula Mahajan, a content creator.
The video was shared on 8 January 2024 and the title read, " Mere Ghar Ram easy dance Choreography #meregharramaayehain #easydancesteps #jubinnautiyal #ayodhya".
We also found the same video on Mahajan's Instagram.
We reached out to Mahajan who told The Quint that this viral video shows her dancing to a Hindi song in San Jose, California.
Das dismissed the claim: We found Das' account on X (formerly Twitter) by sharing the viral claim.
She clarified that the video does not show her dancing.
Conclusion: This video does not show Sambalpur district collector Ananya Das dancing on a song about Lord Ram.
(Note: The story has been updated to add a quote from the dancer.)
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