India, April 26 -- A viral video showed a man giving a "digital snaan" to a picture of racing legend Fernando Alonso in Haridwar to wish him luck ahead of his upcoming races.

Deepak Goel, a social media creator shared a video on Instagram showing him giving a "digital snaan" to a photograph of Alonso. In the clip, Goel can be seen standing by the Ganga river holding Alonso's photo in his hand, explaining that an Indian F1 fan had requested the digital snaan.

"Fernando Alonso of Spain getting digital snan (digital bath) at Haridwar. The request was made by Bhavya from Madhya Pradesh. Digi snan is a free service," his caption read.

Goel then proceeded to dip the photo into the holy water several times to offer prayers for the two-time wo...