NEW DELHI: Tibeten spiritual leader Dalai Lama apologised for a video in which he asked a boy to suck his tongue. He tendered an apology to the boy and his family following public outrage after the video went viral on social media platforms.

"A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug. His Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused. He regrets the incident”, the office of Dalai Lama said.

The widely circulated visuals showed the Nobel laureate sticking out his tongue and asking the boy to suck on it while the latter was paying his respects.

In 2019, Dalai Lama had apologised for saying that if his successor was a female, she would have to be attractive.