Mahavir Jayanti is a religious festival which is mostly celebrated by the people who follow Jain religion. It marks the birth anniversary of Mahavir. Shashi Tharoor, known for his extensive vocabulary, mistakenly shared the photograph of Buddha.
Later, Tharoor also tweeted the source for the picture. He wrote, "At least, thanks to my apparent error, a lot more people are tweeting on Mahavira than they would otherwise have!"
This Indian politician, acclaimed writer, and former diplomat was later heavily trolled on Twitter-