'One Of My Favourites': Bear Grylls Shares Throwback Picture With PM Modi

The British television adventurer recently shared on his Twitter page a picture of him having tea with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Uttarakhand’s Jim Corbett National Park captioning it as “One of my favourite photos”.

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New Delhi: With over thousands of fans and well-wishers, British television adventurer Edward Michael Grylls, popularly known as Bear Grylls, is a force to be reckoned with. Many would, however, be wondering as to which picture allures Grylls the most.

The British television adventurer recently shared on his Twitter page a picture of him having tea with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Uttarakhand’s Jim Corbett National Park captioning it as “One of my favourite photos”.

“One of my favourite photos: soaking wet and sharing a cup of tea with Prime Minister Modi after our @Discovery jungle adventure together. This moment reminds me of how the wild is the ultimate leveller. We are all the same behind the titles and masks. #adventureunitesus,” Grylls wrote on Twitter on Friday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of my favourite photos: soaking wet and sharing a cup of tea with Prime Minister Modi after our <a href="https://twitter.com/Discovery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>@Discovery</a> jungle adventure together. This moment reminds me of how the wild is the ultimate leveller. We are all the same behind the titles and masks. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/adventureunitesus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#adventureunitesus</a> <a href="https://t.co/9EQPAeUOLO" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/9EQPAeUOLO</a></p>&mdash; Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) <a href="https://twitter.com/BearGrylls/status/1357732938394312705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Grylls’ tweet has been well received on the microblogging site since being posted online. His tweet has been retweeted over 14,000 times and liked over 84,000 times.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in August 2019, made an appearance on popular Discovery Channel's show "Man Vs Wild". The episode, aired on August 1, threw light on wildlife conservation, highlighting issues related to environmental change.

According to a news report, the special edition of "Man Vs Wild" featuring Prime Minister Modi with Grylls created history by garnering highest slot viewership (on active channels) with 3.69 million impressions overtaking GEC leader Star Plus with 3.67 million impressions.