A video of people citing Vedic hymns was filmed in Croatia in 2018 but has been falsely captioned online to claim it shows an event in the White House. “At White house,’Shri Rudram Stotram’ was recited at the White House in America,” read posts on Facebook (here) and (here) and messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here). The video matches images of an event organised by Veda Union, a network of European Veda chanting groups, in Zagreb, Croatia in 2018 (here). The White House and Veda Union did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Video of people chanting Vedic hymns was filmed in Croatia, not the White House.

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Persons: “, Rudram Stotram ’, ”, Rudram, Read Organizations: White, Facebook, Veda Union, Veda, Reuters Locations: Croatia, White, America, Zagreb