The purported photograph of the Brahma, which has gone viral in social media causing great anguish among the devotees of lord Jagannath, is actually four years old. This has been found by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) during its preliminary investigations.
In an official release on Monday evening, the SJTA said the photograph had been uploaded in a video titled Matsya Shaligram on youtube.com four years back on October 14, 2011. This picture was posted in social media by one Himanshu Singhal.
“Rajeev Singhal, an expert and researcher on Shaligram, is researching on Matsya Shaligram, its specialities, shape and appearance, utility and source of availability.
This information is available on youtube.com. Photograph of Matsya Shaligram of Rajiv Shinghal’s research has been uploaded on youtube.com by one Himashu Singhal as lord Jagannath’s Brahma. This Shaligram is not the actual Brahma of lord Jagannath. Therefore, devotees should not allow themselves to be tricked into believing that the photograph depicted as Brahma in both social and mainstream media is genuine. Interested individuals can get appropriate information on this by visiting the site on Matsya Shaligram on youtube.com through their computers or mobile handsets with internet connectivity,” the release said.
The release said the temple administration has written to the ADG Crime Branch requesting it to conduct a thorough probe into the circulation of confusing pictures of different secret rituals of lord Jagannath like infusion of Brahma, photographs of Pataali rituals of the lords and erroneous facts in the social media in the last few days.
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