Beach, biscuits, and a bandar: Mamata Banerjee's tea break with a monkey goes viral
West Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee grabbed attention online after she shared photos of herself feeding a monkey during her visit to
Digha
.
Posted on her official Instagram account, the photos show Banerjee sitting on a pavement, offering biscuits to a monkey seated nearby.
The calm interaction was captured in a series of three images with the caption: 'When tea by the sea leads to an unspoken bond.'
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The post has gone viral, gathering over 20,000 likes. One user mentioned that the pictures were taken at
Digha beach
in West Bengal's
Purba Medinipur district
.
Banerjee is in Digha to attend the
Shri Jagannath Rath Yatra
. Speaking during the visit, she said the temple has now become a significant pilgrimage destination.
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