Photo of a temple is doing the rounds on social media with a claim that Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir when constructed will look like this.
A Facebook page posted the image with this claim.
![](https://static.toiimg.com/photo/imgsize-514640,msid-77373889/77373889.jpg)
Archived version of this post can be viewed here.
TRUTH
The photo being shared is of Swaminarayan Akshardham temple and not Ram Mandir.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using reverse-image search, we found a photo gallery post from news website News 18, which carried the exact same image with a caption that identified the temple as Akshardham temple in Delhi.
![](https://static.toiimg.com/photo/imgsize-115855,msid-77373958/77373958.jpg)
Photos of the proposed model of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir were posted by the Official Account of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, a trust constituted to look after construction and management of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya.
श्री राम जन्मभूमि मन्दिर विश्व में भारतीय स्थापत्य कला का अनुपम उदाहरण होगा। जन्मभूमि मन्दिर के प्रस्तावित मॉडल… https://t.co/AcGl1AC6VJ
— Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra (@ShriRamTeerth) 1596532212000
Here’s a comparison between the two
![](https://static.toiimg.com/photo/imgsize-162204,msid-77373928/77373928.jpg)
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that photo of Akshardham Temple is being falsely shared as proposed model of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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