He further clarified that the Shankaracharya had paid a visit to ISRO Ahmedabad in 2016, when he had delivered a speech about the importance of Vedic Mathematics and how ISRO scientists can benefit by having some knowledge of the same. He had also spoken about how Vedic mathematics can help scientific inventions.

According to Govardhan Matha, this speech by the Shankaracharya has been manipulated to make it seem that ISRO scientists consulted him ahead of the launch of Chandrayaan-2. The same member of the matha also told The Quint that such fake news should not be shared as it hurts the institution’s reputation.

Therefore, the news reports by DNA and Zee News are based on false quotes, taken out of context, from the Puri Shankaracharya.