Fact Check: New Ayodhya currency released with Ram Rajya Mudra? Here’s the truth
Claim: The video shows the new Ayodhya currency with a Ram Rajya seal on it.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows ‘Raam’ currency, which is not legal tender. ‘Ayodhya’ currency does not exist.
Hyderabad: A video showing ‘Raam’ currency is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows Ayodhya’s new currency.
In the video shared on Instagram, we can see a person showing ‘Lord Raam’ currency, saying it is the official currency of Maharishi Vedic City. He also says that this currency is used for transactions and the value of ‘Five Raam’ denomination is equal to 50 US Dollars.
The text on the video reads, “Ayodhya new currency… Ram Rajya Mudra… Jai Shree Ram”. The video was uploaded with the caption, “Ayodhya new currency. Should the currency in the name of Lord Ram should come into Bharat as well? (Translated from Hindi) (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the viral claim is false. The video does not show the Ayodhya currency. Ayodhya currency does not exist.
Keyword searches yielded no reports or social media posts indicating that Ayodhya currency exists. There are no reports of any central bank announcing its intentions to introduce an ‘Ayodhya’ currency.
Using a reverse image search, we found an extended version of the viral clip uploaded to YouTube on June 14, 2024. The video was uploaded by a channel named Desi Tourist with the title ‘Found a Hindu country but 99% Indians don't know about it? Desi Tourist Vlog.’ (Translated from Hindi)
The description of the video stated that it’s a part of a travel video taken during a road trip through the United States of America. The viral clip started from the 25:23-minute mark in the YouTube video.
From the information in the YouTube channel, we found that the person talking about the ‘Raam’ currency in the viral video is Amit Singh, a travel vlogger who uploads his videos on the Desi Tourist YouTube channel. The video description stated, “In this episode, I will take you to the magical land of Ram Rajya in America. A Land of Sanskrit Speaking people, land of Vedas & Vastu Shashtra, land of Bhagwan Ram currency note. Let’s go to Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa - the most progressive city in America based on Ayurveda. (sic)”
From the video, we understand that the ‘Raam’ currency is used in the Maharishi Vedic City of Iowa.
Using keyword searches, we found a Zee News report dated March 6, 2025, with the title ‘Lord Ram On Currency Note: THIS US City Has Currency Stronger Than Dollar; It’s Located In....’ The report stated that the ‘Raam’ currency was introduced in 2001 by the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) with the goal of fostering global peace, progress, and prosperity.
“While primarily used in Maharishi Vedic City, it has also seen limited circulation in some European countries, particularly in the Netherlands,” added the report.
Is ‘Raam currency’ legal tender?
The Raam currency is available in the denominations of 1, 5 and 10, with each ‘Raam’ valued at 10 US Dollars.
According to the Times of India report published on the same date with the title ‘This place in the US has the Ram Rajya Currency in Circulation’, ‘Raam’ currency is a bearer bond not legal tender.
TOI stated that the ‘Raam’ currency is more of an instrument of investment, rather than a regular transaction: “…bearer bonds are usually issued by corporate houses or governments to collect funds, hence it is basically a debt instrument. However, no record of the investor is kept by the bank, hence the currency holds no legal tender.”
NewsMeter spoke to Amit Singh, who confirmed that the ‘Raam’ currency is not related to Ayodhya or any place in India. He added, “It is a conceptual currency from a Vedic-based small town in America.”
Amit Singh informed NewsMeter that he wrote a comment in the viral video, “I asked them to delete it, as it was spreading fake information.” However, we were unable to find Amit Singh’s comment on the viral video, and it seems to be deleted.
‘Raam’ currency is not a legal tender, it’s a bearer bond introduced by GCWP in 2001. Its circulation is limited to some places in America and few European countries, particularly the Netherlands.
Therefore, NewsMeter concludes that the viral claim regarding an ‘Ayodhya’ currency is false.
(This story wa originally published by newsmeter.in, and repulished by english.varthabharati.in as part of Shakti Collective)
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National Herald case: Shivakumar to seek time next week to appear before Delhi police
New Delhi/Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said he will ask for time from Delhi police to appear before them next week, to provide required information as part of the probe into the National Herald case.
He said he will seek time after the ongoing winter session of Karnataka legislature ends on December 19. He will also ask the Delhi police to provide him the FIR copy.
Shivakumar, who is in the national capital, had earlier said that he will appear before the Delhi police on Monday. But, he postponed the plan in order to rush back to Karnataka to participate in the last rites of veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, scheduled later in the day in Davangere.
"I had to go (to appear before the Delhi police), but I have to go back urgently. I'm asking them for time, stating that I will come next week," Shivakumar told reporters in New Delhi.
"They (Delhi police) have not attached the FIR copy while issuing notice to me. I need FIR copy, because we had already given all the required replies to the ED. I don't know what the FIR says, I only read in papers. They have given notice, I will ask for a FIR copy. I will come next week after the Assembly session."
The Delhi Police had issued a notice to Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress chief, seeking financial and transactional details as part of its probe into the National Herald case.
The notice issued by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) states that Shivakumar is "supposed to be having vital information" pertaining to the National Herald case registered on October 3 this year, against top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
In the notice dated November 29, the EOW had asked Shivakumar to appear before it or provide the requested information by December 19 latest.
Investigators have sought details about his personal background, his association with the Congress party, and a complete break up of funds allegedly transferred by him or associated entities to Young Indian.
To a question on meeting AICC General Secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, amid the ongoing power tussle between him and CM Siddaramaiah over the Chief Minister post, Shivakumar said when he comes to Delhi, he usually meets every one.
"Whether it is Surjewala or Kharge (AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge) or Venugopal, I will meet everyone. During lunch yesterday I met Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. I have met everyone. What's wrong?" he asked.
Shivakumar was in Delhi to take part in Congress' "Vote Chori" rally on Sunday, and had also participated in the lunch organised by the party for its leaders.
Responding to a question, whether any meeting is planned with leaders today, the Deputy CM said, he and Kharge will be travelling together to Karnataka, to pay last respects to Shamanuru Shivashankarappa.
Asked if he will seek time for a separate meeting with Congress leadership including Rahul Gandhi, during the next visit to Delhi, Sivakumar said, "such things will be there between us in the party.... you don't worry."
