Indian govt uses stock photo of Nepal in 'Incredible India' ad

Nepalis call out Indian government for using an image of Annapurna mountain range which is actually in Nepal

The Indian government was left red faced after it turned out that a poster used in an ‘Incredible India’ campaign had an image of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal.

The news of the image being incorrectly used by the Indian government first became known when a Nepali man, Rajesh Shrestha, posted on his Facebook account on Monday with the caption, “This is a sign in front of Indian embassy in Warsaw. Guess, we Nepalese really have to teach Indian government some geography. Since when Annapurna range is located in India??”



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Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’

The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.



https://twitter.com/AnupKaphle/status/765485603328843776

is this legit? Apparently Indian Embassy in Poland is advertising "incredible india" using images from Nepal pic.twitter.com/di7nBWJbaN

— Shashank Shrestha (@shashankji) August 16, 2016

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Indian ambassador to Poland, Ajay Bisaria, soon took to Twitter to apologise for the mistake, clarifying the image was provided by an outsourced company. The poster has now been removed.

https://twitter.com/Ajaybis/status/765560557063856128

This article originally appeared on BuzzFeed.