{"id":352995,"date":"2023-08-02T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/02\/fact-check-pm-didnt-turn-his-back-on-lord-ganesha-at-pune-temple\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:27:00","slug":"fact-check-pm-didnt-turn-his-back-on-lord-ganesha-at-pune-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/02\/fact-check-pm-didnt-turn-his-back-on-lord-ganesha-at-pune-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-Check: PM Didn’t Turn His Back On Lord Ganesha At Pune Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PM Modi visited the famous Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple in Pune on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a temple visit in Pune is being used as ammunition by several opposition leaders against him.<\/p>\n

PM Modi is seen standing with folded hands and his back to Lord Ganesha in the photo shared on social media, first by several BJP leaders including Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.<\/p>\n

Members of the opposition, however, seized on the photo to accuse PM Modi of “turning his back on” the deity.<\/p>\n

“Modi ji, it is considered disrespectful to show our backs to our deities,” tweeted K Chandrashekhar Rao’s party leader Y Satish Reddy.<\/p>\n

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Modi ji, it is considered disrespectful to show our backs to our deities.<\/p>\n

Whom are you facing? Irony! pic.twitter.com\/qcv8qIThkf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 YSR (@ysathishreddy) August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congress leader Srinivas BV, taking a swipe at the Prime Minister, tweeted, “What do you think of the photo?”<\/p>\n

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\u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0930\u093e\u092f \u0939\u0948? pic.twitter.com\/ENDNfigB19<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0However, it was soon pointed out by many on Twitter that the photo was actually a snapshot from PM Modi’s parikrama<\/em> or circumambulation before the deity.<\/p>\n

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Just taken a snapshot from the Pooja and spreading it as if he was posing for pics.<\/p>\n

Shameful. https:\/\/t.co\/aB0pZFEe7B<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/1zScdoNb1p<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 (@Sagar4BJP) August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a visit to Pune on Tuesday, the Prime Minister performed prayers at the Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple. Soon after arriving from Delhi, he visited the renowned temple on Shivaji Road.<\/p>\n

The temple, managed by the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Trust, is among the wealthiest in the state and is visited by millions of devotees during the 10-day Ganeshotsav festival.<\/p>\n

Over the years, a number of high-profile visitors, including serving and former Presidents, Prime Ministers, and political leaders, have come to the temple to offer their prayers.<\/p>\n

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