New Delhi, April 1 -- Shroud of Turin began trending on social media after a recent yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study in the journal Bioarxiv suggested that the garb that allegedly swaddled the body of Christ post-crucifixion contained evidence of Indian descent.

Housed at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, the study indicated that 40% of the DNA on the shroud hailed back to Indian bloodlines. These findings suggest that the shroud material may have originated in the subcontinent and Romans brought the linen from the Indus Valley.

Believed to be made between 1260 and 1390, as per 1988 study, it was found to contain a cornucopia of both medieval and modern DNA. Dismissing the possibility that so-called visage on the clo...