Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon politicians, sportspersons, actors, celebrities and a host of world leaders - as a wax figure at Madame Tussauds museum in London London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok in April, the wax museum announced.
Describing Modi as a "hugely important figure in world politics", the museum said the Indian PM had given the museum’s team of artists and experts a sitting at his residence in New Delhi earlier this year.
A Youtube video released by the Madame Tussauds says the PM's figure will be dressed in his "signature Kurta in cream with jacket and he will be featured in a traditional pose making a namaste gesture".
The iconic wax museum is already home to famous Indian personalities, such as leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwariya Rai, Madhuri Dixit and cricker Sachin Tendulkar.
Here's how social media reacted:
Modi at Madame Tussauds. Makes sense. He's been acting like a wax statue for years anyway, ignoring common sense and what his party folk say
— lindsay pereira (@lindsaypereira) March 16, 2016
Madame Tussauds gallery must ensure that wax statue of Modi ji should be in camera facing pose.
— Bemused (@make_itpossible) March 16, 2016
Madame Tussauds to have Narendra Modi statue. I am not surprised. He has been waxing eloquently for a while now.
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) March 16, 2016
Bhakts after news of Modi in Madame Tussauds broke out. pic.twitter.com/QypZSUVtqy
— Royden Gomes (@EkOldMonk) March 16, 2016
PM Modi will soon have his wax statue at Madame Tussauds.At the launch he'll push his own statue away to get a better picture.
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) March 16, 2016
India's intelligence agency RAW changing the focus lens of its high-tech Camera Detection Robot. (2014) pic.twitter.com/z8A0ACuPsp
— History Revisits (@HistoryRevisits) March 16, 2016
Madame Tussauds to get Modi's statue which will have rotating eyes that sense the camera and adjust accordingly.
— Prafulla Pathak (@TheKnownymous) March 16, 2016