Internet is a great place for those who like to know about different places and people as well as share about themselves but at the same time, it’s also full of those who like to spread fake news and photos.
As the whole India was celebrating Diwali, a beautiful picture of Amritsar’s Golden Temple was getting viral on social media. The picture showed Golden Temple glowing with beautiful lights surrounded with huge crowd and lots of lighting kandils or lanterns flying in the sky, illuminating the whole area.
It was shared by the legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan too who took to the micro-blogging site and tweet the pic with caption, “This is simply DIVINE … !!”
this is simply DIVINE … !! https://t.co/R5DiAsMzOp
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 20, 2017
However, everyone was left shocked when it was revealed that this picture is fake and the person who edited it came online asking everyone to give credit to him while sharing the picture. The name of the person who claims to edit the picture is Navkaran Brar and he also made it clear that he never had any intention of making anyone fool; he has just created a piece of art.
Here are his tweets:
#HappyDiwali2017 #goldentemple picart by me
If you are going to post this then please give proper credit🙏🏼#amritsar
(Copyright) pic.twitter.com/NkiCvUfVCh— Navkaran Brar (@BrarNavkaran) October 20, 2017
Overall work is by me 🙏🏼 not by someone else & yes it’s editing & not real I’ve created art not made fool of anyone , thnx🙏🏼😊
— Navkaran Brar (@BrarNavkaran) October 21, 2017
Many people including celebs shared this picture on Twitter:
It’s photoshopped:
This pic is photo-shopped Sir… The lantern pic in the foreground is from some Thai or Korean festival…
— Rajesh Kejriwal (@raj20k) October 20, 2017
Absolute heaven:
Absolute Heaven🌹Golden Temple, Amritsar. No fire works but lanterns in the sky reflected in the sarovar surrounding the Gurudwara @hvgoenka🌹 pic.twitter.com/Nmqxdtu4cb
— Jaspreet Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@Jaspreet68BJP) October 20, 2017
Stunning:
How stunning is the Golden Temple looking. No crackers and instead lanterns up in the sky…🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/IPZYe2AJwo
— SUHEL SETH (@Suhelseth) October 20, 2017
Needless to say, Big B was hilariously trolled for sharing a photoshopped or fake pic. Here are some selected tweets:
Need photoshop training from Amitabh:
https://twitter.com/CobraBubblesX/status/921739573381566464
A jibe at Panama:
Sorry @SrBachchan Those lanterns r made from Panama papers & this is not in Amritsar. This is new crystal ice formed temple in Juhu beach
— Aditya Roshan (@roshanindia) October 21, 2017
It’s so easy to make a fool of anyone these days:
Fake Image Amitabh Ji. How easily can everyone be fooled in these days!!!
— Philosopher (@SpiritualityMe) October 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/RakenduSharma/status/921459822758739968
Photoshopped Vs Original:
— Shrikant ef (@shrikantd31) October 20, 2017
Continuation of Big B’s tweet.. LOL 😀
Divine photoshop
— Prerna (@itsallryt) October 21, 2017
Even the creator of the pic thanked Sr. Bachchan for sharing his work:
https://twitter.com/BrarNavkaran/status/921790426167656448
Be careful of what you share on the Internet as it can be fake too!
