Gagan Malik is the actor playing “Prince Siddhartha” in the famous movie “Shri Siddhartha Gautama”. Within this context, a lot of social media posts are being shared in cyberspace claiming that Gagan Malik has become a Buddhist monk, and those posts try to convince the general public that he enunciated all mundane things and enters into monkhood. However, our in-depth search about this issue found out that the social claims are misleading the public.
Social Media Notes.
A Facebook user added the photos of Gagan Malik becoming a Buddhist monk with the below-mentioned note.
“The Great Actor Gagan Malik who act as Sidhartha Gautama(Buddha)is becoming a monk. May triple gem bless you. May you gain insight into reality.”
Many posts are being shared about the monkhood of Gagan Malik.
Due to the virality and significant nature of these posts, we decided to do an investigation over this.
Fact Check
First, we check the social media accounts of Bollywood actor Gagan Malik who acted as Prince Siddhartha in a movie,” Shri Siddhartha Gautama”. So, we were able to detect a post published on the 9th of February. In this post, he revealed that he would become a monk at Thailand`s temple on 10th February for 15 days and he invited his Thai friends and Fans to attend the ordination ceremony.
In another Facebook post, posted on 7th February, he said that time he had come to self-realization and know the inner self while comprehending the Lord Buddha`s dhamma.
BuddhaGaya Bana Vihar also posted a post regarding the monkhood of Gagan Malik in their Facebook page. It can be reached from here or archived link here.
International Media also reported that he entered to a temporary monkhood at Thailand and after 15 days he would return to his motherland, India. Those international media reports can be reached from here, here and here.
Malik became famous after his role as “Raama” in the famous movie,” Ramayanaya”. The movie won a lot of awards at Delhi International Film Festival. He also acted for “Shri Siddhartha Gautama” movie and won the best actor award of the International Buddhist Film Festival Organized by the United Nations in 2014. Many details about this can be taken from here or archived link here.
In 2014, he endorsed Buddhism at Mihintale, Sri Lanka. Related videos can be watched from here.
He introduced the organization named as “Lotus World” with the producer of the movie,” Shri Siddhartha Gautama”, Navin Gunarathne and the aim of this non-profit organization to spread the Buddhism throughout the world from audio and visual medias.
In Thailand, there is a very old, but still famous tradition of temporary monkhood. All Thai Buddhist males are expected to become monks for certain period of time in their lives. The duration may be days to years. The temporary monkhood is considered as a symbol of a matured male also considered as a symbol of respect to the families, ancestors of the person who become a monk. Details about this can be taken from here or archived link here.
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Conclusion
According to our investigation, we have found out that Gagan Malik`s monk hood is temporary and just for 15 days in Thailand, after that he will be disrobed and will return to the motherland, India. The narrations what trying to convince that he abandoned every mundane thing and became a monk for long time are misleading the public.
Title:Has Gagan Malik become a Buddhist monk? Find Out the Truth!!
Fact Check By: Kalana KrishanthaResult: Misleading
