Who said what during the high-profile US president's visit in the corridors of power. Basically, the goss.

First up, we have this.

Did you know that President Obama carried a 4 cm idol of Hanuman with him?

At the At Home hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Republic Day LK Advani's daughter, Prathiba, asked Obama about his connect with Hanuman.

Obama fished out the Hanuman idol and showed it to Pratibha Advani. Everyone around were taken aback, but given that there were so many VVIPs waiting to talk to the US president, nobody had the time to get the details.

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had tweeted the incident.

Well, what we can tell you is that it is in fact, common knowledge, that Obama carries a small idol of Hanuman in his pocket everywhere he goes.

It's considered to be his lucky charm. Other charms include a Masonic emblem and a 'wedding ring' that has the phrase 'there is no god except Allah' inscribed on it.

A photo posted on Time's White House Photo of the Day collection in 2008 showed what the then first ever Black-American "nominee" of a major US party for the Presidential elections carried with him: a bracelet belonging to an American soldier deployed in Iraq, a gambler's lucky chit, Hanuman,  and tiny Madonna and child.

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