Maradona visits Mother Teresa house in Kolkata

On his first visit to India, the football legend Diego Maradona, made sure he dint miss the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa.

On Sunday, Maradona paid homage at the tomb of Mother Teresa even as about 20,000 fans lined the dusty roads to catch a glimpse of the superstar.

After lighting a candle, he joined a special mass and even interacted with the sisters and children - many of them orphans who live at the order.

"Maradona talked to the children and kissed their cheeks," Sister Lysa told AFP. "He said it was a great feeling, a dream come true, to come to Mother House and pay tribute to Mother Teresa."

Highly praising the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maradonna on Saturday said, "I wanted to see what Mother Teresa has done in this city. So I want to utilise this trip to visit Mother House."

After the founding of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, Teresa, an Albanian nun with Indian citizenship, for over 45 years ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.