Rahul Gandhi’s 2021 visit to Vaishno Devi is known as his recent visit during Navratri
Several social media users shared a video, including Lok Sabha and opposition leaders of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, claiming he visited Mata Vaishno Devi on the second day of Chaitra Navratri 2025.
Rahul Gandhi’s 2021 visit to Vaishno Devi is known as his recent visit during Navratri
Several social media users shared a video, including Lok Sabha and opposition leaders of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, claiming he visited Mata Vaishno Devi on the second day of Chaitra Navratri 2025.
However, the PTI fact-check investigation and found that the viral video actually dates back to 2021, when Rahul Gandhi visited the Mata Vaishno Devi temple. The video has nothing to do with Chaitra Navratri 2025 and has shared the wrong claims on social media. Claimon On March 31, Facebook users shared a videotape, which included Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, claiming he visited Mata Vaishno Devi the next day of Chaitra Navratri.
The title of the post was originally in Hindi, and read: “Parliament member Rahul Gandhi and opposition leaders visited Mata Vaishno Devi on the day after Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arrived in Chaitra Navratri. Earlier last year, Rahul Gandhi also visited Mata Vaishno devi.
Here is a link to the post, below is the same screenshot.
investigation
The desk runs the virus video through the Invid tool and extracts multiple key frames. The desk found that multiple users have shared a keyframe with similar claims and such posts can be found here and here. To verify the claim, the table conducted a customized keyword search to find relevant data to confirm the claim by Virus Post. However, we found no credible reports confirming that Rahul Gandhi visited Mata Vaishno Devi during Chaitra Navratri 2025.
Additionally, the table found X (formerly Twitter) on the table of Rahul Gandhi on March 30, 2025, and he hopes everyone wishes everyone a happy Chaitra Navratri.
The title of the post reads: “I wish you all to celebrate Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, cheiraoba, cheti chand and sajibu! May this auspicious moment bring joy and happiness to your life, and be filled with peace and prosperity.”
Here is a link to the post, below is the same screenshot.
In the next part of the investigation, the table ran the key framework of the viral video through a reverse image search and found the same video on Rahul Gandhi’s official YouTube channel on September 10, 2021.
The title of the video reads: “Darshan by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi” This is a link to the post, and the following is the same screenshot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSTI0URMNS
At the 1:46 second timestamp, the table found the same visual effect as the viral video. Below is a combined image highlighting the similarity between viral videos and YouTube posts.
The desk encountered several videos from the official social media controller of Mata Vaishno Devi visiting in September 2021. Here is the link, below is the same screenshot.
In the next part of the survey, the table conducted a custom keyword search and encountered AAJ Tak’s report on September 9, 2021, titled:
The report states: “Former Congress former president Rahul Gandhi visited the two-day visit on Thursday. He visited Shri Mata VaishnoDevi here. Rahul Gandhi also participated in Aarti. Rahul Gandhi hiked to the temple on foot from Katra.
Here is a link to the report.
The table then concluded that the viral video dates back to 2021, when Rahul Gandhi visited the Mata Vaishno Devi temple and had nothing to do with Chaitra Navratri 2025.
claim
Rahul Gandhi visited Mata Vaishno Devi on the second day of Chaitra Navratri 2025.
fact
The viral video dates back to 2021 when Rahul Gandhi visited the Mata Vaishno Devi temple and is unrelated to Chaitra Navratri 2025. CONCLUSIONMultiple social media users shared a video featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, claiming that he visited Mata Vaishno Devi on the second day of Chaitra Navratri 2025. In its investigation, the Desk found that the The viral video dates back to 2021, Rahul Gandhi visited the Mata Vaishno Devi temple and has nothing to do with Chaitra Navratri 2025.
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