India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu (left) and Bhati Varun Singh celebrate their gold and bronze medals, respectively, in Rio on Saturday. Pic/AFP

New Delhi: From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to India’s lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra, congratulatory messages poured in from all corners for Rio Paralympic Games’ T-42 high-jump gold-medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu and bronze winner Varun Bhati.