Fact Check: The claim of finding the statue of Gautam Buddha in Tamil Nadu is misleading, the statue was found in Laos last year

New Delhi: A video of Gautam Buddha’s statue is going viral on social media. It is written above the video that a beautiful statue of Gautam Buddha has been found during excavation in the river of Laos, Tamil Nadu. Let us know what is the story of this statue found during excavation.

What are the claims of the users?

On social media, a user named @amita_ambedkar, while sharing the video of the statue of Gautam Buddha found during excavation, wrote – Wherever you dig, only Buddha will emerge because this is the land of Buddha and not of incarnations.

An Instagram user named sneha_singar_story has shared the video of Gautam Buddha.

What is the truth of the viral video?

When Sajjag’s team searched the information given in the viral video on Google, it came to know that Laos is not a place in Tamil Nadu. Laos is the name of a country. When we searched on YouTube about the discovery of the statue of Gautam Buddha in Laos, we found a video dated 31 August 2024. In which it was told that a 1400 year old statue of Lord Buddha was found during excavation in the Mekong River.

after that we Website named The Nation But a report dated 16th May was received. A Buddha statue at least two meters high was found Thursday in a sandy area near the Mekong River in Laos, making it the largest statue excavated during a search for ancient artifacts in the Tonphaung district of Bokeo, which began in March. It became.

conclusion: The claim of finding the statue of Gautam Buddha in Tamil Nadu turned out to be misleading in Sajjak’s investigation. The statue of Gautam Buddha was found in the Mekong River in Laos last year. Now that video is being shared with misleading claims.