{"id":2097,"date":"2022-02-11T10:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T10:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:50:39","slug":"gagan-malink-didnt-become-a-buddhist-monk-for-long-time-its-temporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/gagan-malink-didnt-become-a-buddhist-monk-for-long-time-its-temporary\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Gagan Malik become a Buddhist monk? Find Out the Truth!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gagan Malik is the actor playing \u201cPrince Siddhartha\u201d in the famous movie \u201cShri Siddhartha Gautama\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Facebook user added the photos of Gagan Malik becoming a Buddhist monk with the below-mentioned note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many posts are being shared about the monkhood of Gagan Malik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Archived<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the virality and significant nature of these posts, we decided to do an investigation over this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, we check the social media accounts of Bollywood actor Gagan Malik who acted as Prince Siddhartha in a movie,\u201d Shri Siddhartha Gautama\u201d. So, we were able to detect a post published on the 9th<\/sup> of February. In this post, he revealed that he would become a monk at Thailand`s temple on 10th<\/sup> February for 15 days and he invited his Thai friends and Fans to attend the ordination ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Archived<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another Facebook post, posted on 7th<\/sup> February, he said that time he had come to self-realization and know the inner self while comprehending the Lord Buddha`s dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Archived<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BuddhaGaya Bana Vihar<\/a> also posted a post regarding the monkhood of Gagan Malik in their Facebook page. It can be reached from here<\/a> or archived<\/a> link here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malik became famous after his role as \u201cRaama\u201d in the famous movie,\u201d Ramayanaya\u201d. The movie won a lot of awards at Delhi International Film Festival. He also acted for \u201cShri Siddhartha Gautama\u201d 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<\/a>  or archived<\/a> link here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, he endorsed Buddhism at Mihintale, Sri Lanka. Related videos can be watched from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He introduced the organization named as \u201cLotus World\u201d with the producer of the movie,\u201d Shri Siddhartha Gautama\u201d, Navin Gunarathne and the aim of this non-profit organization to spread the Buddhism throughout the world from audio and visual medias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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