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05 Sep: How an old painting became a root for a regressive misconception against Samarth Ramdas’s history

While exploring and researching more about Samarth Ramdas quite expectedly, I stumbled upon conspiracy theories that are circulating around him on Facebook posts, blog posts on Blogger, YouTube videos, and Instagram reels.

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