This Diwali, many of us saw a stunning picture of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab illuminated with hundreds of sky laterns. The photograph was widely shared on social media platforms and over WhatsApp as well. However, as it turns out, it was a Photoshopped pic. In reality, while the Golden Temple looked stunning as always on Diwali, there were no sky lanterns lighting up the sky over it.
Here is the Photoshopped photo of the Golden Temple that fooled many:
The picture was shared hundreds of times on Twitter alone. It was 'liked' thousands of times on different social media platforms and many received it as WhatsApp forwards. Chances are, you probably did as well.
Soon, however, many netizens began to point out that the photo was a heavily-edited one:
Actor-author Suhel Seth, among those who had tweeted the edited pic, later set the record straight
The man behind the viral pic, Navkaran Brar, confirms on Twitter that the picture was created by him. "...Yes it's editing & not real I've created art not made fool of anyone," he writes.
Here is what the Golden Temple of Amritsar actually looked like on the eve of Diwali this year:
Moral of the story? Think before you click and forward.
Here is the Photoshopped photo of the Golden Temple that fooled many:
The picture was shared hundreds of times on Twitter alone. It was 'liked' thousands of times on different social media platforms and many received it as WhatsApp forwards. Chances are, you probably did as well.
Actor-author Suhel Seth, among those who had tweeted the edited pic, later set the record straight
The man behind the viral pic, Navkaran Brar, confirms on Twitter that the picture was created by him. "...Yes it's editing & not real I've created art not made fool of anyone," he writes.
Here is what the Golden Temple of Amritsar actually looked like on the eve of Diwali this year:
Photo Credit: PTI
Photo Credit: PTI
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