Preparations for his visit have been meticulous; dignitaries have cleared their diaries and doorways have been enlarged - but then this is one guest you would not want to upset.
The return of The Great Khali - a 7ft 3in (2.21m), 30st (190kg) professional wrestler - to his native India from the United States where he plies his trade, has created a level of hysteria usually reserved for Bollywood idols and cricketing heroes.
His itinerary would not disgrace a visiting head of state. Khali (named Daleep Singh Rana by his parents and renamed after Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, for his wrestling career) was received by the President. Snapshots of the meeting show Khali's eye-popping physique towering above Pratibha Patil, one of the world's more petite leaders. The wrestler told The Times that she described him as “the pride of the nation”.
The rendezvous dovetailed neatly with the populist turn that Indian politics has taken before elections that are expected next year.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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