The most trending story on our social media platform this week was the meeting between Nobel Laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Tendulkar in the small hill station of Dharamshala in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was on a four-day visit to Dharamshala, called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his official residence in Mcleod Ganj on Thursday.
Both His Holiness and Sachin Tendulkar are popularly known as living gods in their respective spheres, discussed means and ways to spread happiness and communal harmony.
“It was an excellent, very good meeting. I always wanted to be here and take the blessings. Just wanted to spend some time and say hello to him. We talked about spreading happiness and communal harmony,” Tendulkar told reporters following the meeting.
The meeting between the spiritual leader and the cricket legend a.k.a. god of cricket went viral on various social media platforms across the world wide web.
On the official Instagram page of His Holiness the Dalai Lama @DalaiLama, in less than 24 hours, close to 40,000 liked and 192 commented on the post.
Simultaneously, on His Holiness’ official Facebook page @Dalai Lama, more than 11,000 netizens liked the post while 768 people shared the post, and 163 commented on the meeting of the two living legends.
Below are some reactions from netizens on the meeting: