FAKE ALERT: This photo of Lord Ram on Times Square billboards is digitally manipulated – Times of India

CLAIM
Image of billboards in Times Square, New York showing visuals of Hindu deity Lord Ram is being circulated across social media platforms with the claim that these billboards came up ahead of the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

TRUTH
The image is digitally manufactured.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using reverse-image search along with relevant keywords, we found the original image on several websites.
Original image

The original image was flipped and then digitally altered to make it look like Lord Ram adorned Times Square billboards.
Comparison

We also found a billboard generating website with the same image, from where users can make their own doctored version of the same.
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that the image of Times Square billboards carrying photos of Lord Rama is digitally manufactured.