Infosys co founder Narayana Murthy was live in the social media after pictures of him touching the feet of Ratan Tata flashed in the Instagram.
The two industrial stalwarts were present at the annual TiECon event in Mumbai. Narayana Murthy was seen bending down and touching the feet of Ratan Tata after presenting him with the life time achievement award.
The world came to know about the incident after the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata shared the video of the incident in Instagram. Ratan Tata posted the video with the message that it was an honour for him to have got the award by TiEcon at the hands of great friend Narayana Murthy.
Soon after the incident became viral, many took to twitter and commended on the rare gesture. In twitter, several persons hailed it as a historic moment and even praised Murthy. Some said that the rare gesture demonstrated adorable values and respect. Another comment that was posted in the twitter was that the gesture showed it was truly Indian culture.