{"id":6397,"date":"2023-03-31T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2023-04-01T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T15:59:35","slug":"mahameru-flower-blooms-in-himalaya-viral-claim-is-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/mahameru-flower-blooms-in-himalaya-viral-claim-is-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading claim with footage of Fox Tail Lily as \u2018Mahameru\u2019 blooming in the Himalayas once in 400 years."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The popularly known flower Fox Tail Lily is widely circulated as the Mahameru flower found in the Himalayas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Himalayas are home to many natural beauties. According to some research, several rare medicinal plants and flowers can only be found in the Himalayas. A video of a flower blooming is presently trending on social media. Many of you have probably seen a video claiming that a flower only blooms once every 400 years in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful video of the small yellow flowers blooming one by one in the shape of a stupa is being circulated with the caption, “This is the “pagoda flower” or “Mahameru,” a unique auspicious flower in Tibet. The pagoda flowers in the Himalayas bloom every 400 years. Our generation is fortunate to see the pagoda blossom. Please share it for others to see. Good luck for the\u00a0rest of your life!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the video to be False.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This video has gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fact Check-\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many people have confirmed that there is no flower named Mahameru in the world. Mahameru means a\u00a0Sri Yantra<\/a>\u00a0of two-dimensional shapes. Meru, the five-peaked Hindu Jain Buddhist cosmology mountain, gets its name from this form. There is no such flower as Mahameru in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now let’s investigate the flower given in the picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage of Foxtail Lily viral as Mahameru Flower!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The reverse image search on Google with the frames of the video brought us to a tweet from Tired Earth, an international environmental organization, with the identical video and the description “Foxtail Lily blooming beautifully.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foxtail Lily blooming beautifully#TiredEarth<\/a> #biodiversity<\/a> #plants<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dm9ipufcWi<\/a><\/p>— Tired Earth (@Tiredearth) February 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>