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Is this claim correct? No, this claim is not correct. In this picture, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is not bathing in the Ganges at Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.
In the viral picture, Nehru is immersing his/her mother’s bones.
According to the information we received, this picture is in 1938, the year Nehru’s mother died.
Jawaharlal Nehru had also arrived in Kumbh of 1954 to take stock of the preparations, but we did not find any evidence that he/she took a dip in Kumbh.
How did we find out the truth? We used the image search option with the help of Google Lens on this viral picture.
In our search, we have India today This article Milli which was published in 2006 and its title was – ‘Book Review:’ The Nehrus: Personal Histories ‘by Mushirul Hasan & Priya Kapoor.’
In the caption of the picture, it was written that Nehru is seen immersing his/her mother’s ashes in Allahabad.
According to public records, Nehru’s mother Swaroop Rani Nehru died on 10 January 1938.
With the help of reverse search, we found an article of Open Magazine, showing that this photo was taken on 10 January 1938.
According to this, this picture was actually taken during the immersion of his/her bones in the Ganges in Allahabad after the death of the former Prime Minister’s mother.
Its caption reads: ‘Jawaharlal Nehru after immersing her mother’s ashes in Allahabad on 10 January 1938.’
Did Nehru take a dip in Kumbh?
In Sydney, South Asian and World History Associate Professor Kama Maclean printed a picture of Nehru from Kumbh of 1954 in his/her book ‘Pilgrimage and Power: The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad from 1776-1954’. In this picture published in The Leader on 21 January 1954, Nehru Paush is at the confluence on the day of Purnima.
The picture is from 1954 when Nehru visited Sangam with others.
(Source screenshot)
Writing about this photo, McCalin wrote in her book: ‘During another visit to the fair on Paush Purnima, in the presence of media photographers, he/she stopped to immerse her hand in the holy water of the confluence, which the media by the media Understood as Achman (right -handed purification ritual). It is clear from the photo that Pandit Nehru was not doing this ritual, because he/she was wearing his/her shoes at that time.
Meanwhile, McCalin has also written that when he/she was asked if he/she had taken a dip in the confluence, citing Bengali newspaper magazine, the former Prime Minister replied unclearly: ‘I did not physically but other places. But a dip was taken. he/she loved Sangam, but he/she jokingly said this because he/she had to behave in a restrained manner.
We also found this video of 1954 Kumbh in which Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister GB Pant together visited Kumbh. In this video too, there is no mention of taking a dip in the Kumbh of Nehru in Kumbh, only it is mentioned to inspect him/her.
conclusion
The Quint In the investigation, the picture of Nehru standing on the banks of the river is not to take a dip in the Kumbh Mela, but during the bone immersion of his/her mother.
(This story was originally published QuintAnd reinstated by NBT as part of Shakti collective.)
