India’s chess champions recreating Rohit Sharma’s iconic walk, PM Modi hugging Hanumankind at ‘Modi and US’ event, and more: Top 5 viral videos today

A look at the top five viral videos of the day.

Top five viral videos (Image source: @SusanPolgar, @PTI/X)

Congratulatory posts dominated social media on Monday as India scripted history by winning gold in both Men’s as well as Women’s events at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Another newsmaker of the day was Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugging Hanumankind during the ‘Modi and US’ event at the Nassau Coliseum in New York. Take a look at the top five viral videos of the day.

India’s chess champions iconic walk

A video of Tania Sachdev and D Gukesh recreating Rohit Sharma’s iconic walk during the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy won hearts on social media. While the Indian men’s team lost just one game out of 44, won 27, and drew the remaining games, the women’s team won three games and drew one against Azerbaijan.

India team spirit! Celebration time! Olympiad Champions!

🇮🇳🥇🏆🥇🏆🇮🇳#BudapestOlympiad #FIDE100 @FIDE_chess @aicfchess @WOMChess pic.twitter.com/jzJXBzQOs1

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) September 22, 2024

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PM Modi hugging Hanumankind

Global hip-hop artist Hanumankind performed his viral song ‘Big Dawgs’ before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian diaspora at the Nassau Coliseum in New York. PM Modi hugged Hanumankind on the stage and applauded his performance.

Pop sensation Hanumankind performs at Modi&US diaspora event in New York pic.twitter.com/5oxDZiG9Qb

— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) September 22, 2024

Snake on Mumbai-bound train

A snake created a ruckus inside an air conditioning coach on the Jabalpur-Mumbai Garib Rath Express train. The viral video showed the snake coiled around the support on the side of the berths.

Snake in train! Snake in AC G17 coach of 12187 Jabalpur-Mumbai Garib Rath Express train. Passengers sent to another coach and G17 locked. pic.twitter.com/VYrtDNgIIY

— Rajendra B. Aklekar (@rajtoday) September 22, 2024

Chef Vikas Khanna hosts the Ambanis

Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna hosted industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his daughter Isha Ambani Piramal at his New York restaurant Bungalow. The Michelin star arranged Isha’s favourite roses to decorate the Bungalow and Ganga Jal to welcome the guests.

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Pakistani influencer hangs from crane for 20th birthday photoshoot

Pakistani content creator Rabeeca Khan dangled from a crane for her 20th birthday photoshoots. In a BTS video, Khan was seen hanging on a crane with dozens of balloons tied to her back.