Himanshu Soni, fondly known as ‘Buddha’ of television has grown on to become a youth icon, so much so that the online community loves him for the work he does. As part of their marketing strategy, Dr B K Modi’s Spice Studios usually organizes interactive online contests for the loyal fans of the show on Zee TV. Recently, the contest that was put on display was to identify the most loved star in Buddha. And Himanshu presently leads by a staggeringly high percentage. As per a source, “The most interesting aspect of this online contest has been that most of the fans who have voted are youngsters. Himanshu leads by a very high margin, and in just few days, the page has gotten nearly 50,000 likes.” When contacted, Ridhwana, Creative Producer, Buddha acknowledged the huge fan base that Himanshu has managed to garner by saying, “When we were casting for Siddhartha, we picked Himanshu after a rigorous search. We thought there would be quite a few reactions on him being accepted as Buddha. But it gives us enormous joy to see that the entire TV watching community has unanimously accepted Himanshu as their Buddha. He is being loved by one and all. And to tell you, in the online contest that we have put up, most of the votes have been got from youngsters between the age group of 16 years to 25 years. This is proof enough that Himanshu has turned into a youth icon.” Three cheers, Himanshu!!