Instagram · May 17, 2026
Vyoma Priya's Mother Receives Posthumous Bravery Award for Daughter's Sacrifice
The video contrasts two groups of girls, one shown drinking and the other showing a woman receiving an award for her daughter's bravery in saving a child from electrocution.
What's right
What's wrong
Breakdown
The claims made in the audio transcript are fully supported by multiple reliable sources. Vyoma Priya, an 8-year-old girl from Coimbatore, was posthumously honored with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for bravery.
She died on July 2, 2024 (or May 23, 2024, according to some sources), after suffering an electric shock while attempting to save a 6-year-old boy, Jiyans Reddy, who was electrocuted by a faulty underground power cable in a park. Her mother, Archana Sivaramakrishnan (referred to as Archana Devaramkrishnan in the audio), received the award from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on December 26, 2025.
The information was accurate around the time of the award ceremony (December 2025) and remains accurate as of today's date, May 17, 2026. [1][2][3]