Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has promised to gift an SUV to Krishna Kumar, a 40-year-old Mysuru man traveling on a scooter across the country seeking to fulfill his mother's wishes.
"A beautiful story. About the love for a mother but also about the love for a country. If you can connect him to me, I’d like to personally gift him a Mahindra KUV 100 NXT so he can drive his mother in a car on their next journey," Anand Mahindra said in a tweet.
A beautiful story. About the love for a mother but also about the love for a country... Thank you for sharing this Manoj. If you can connect him to me, I’d like to personally gift him a Mahindra KUV 100 NXT so he can drive his mother in a car on their next journey https://t.co/Pyud2iMUGY
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) October 23, 2019
TNM had earlier reported that Krishna Kumar decided to go on a religious pilgrimage across the country on a scooter that holds an emotional tie to his father.
The duo of Krishna and his mother Choodarathna, 70, travelled through Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. Along the way they stopped over at religious places across the country. Their travel stories showing grit and determination has impressed many including Anand Mahindra.
They decided to travel after Krishna's father passed away in 2015, to fulfil the wishes of Choodarathna who had spent most of her life in Mysuru.
It has reportedly been over a year since they have been on the road covering places across India. Krishna Kumar could not be reached for his reaction to Anand Mahindra's offer.
This is not the first time Anand Mahindra is gifting an SUV after being inspired by a story. In February 2018, Anand gifted a brand-new Bolero Maxi Truck Plus were handed over to Shilpa, a single mother who set up 'Halli Mane Rotties', a fast-food joint that served north Karnataka dishes in Mangaluru.