Have You Ever Shaken Hands With the Aga Khan?
I know it is a weird question, but there is a reason behind asking such a question.
When Karim Aga Khan was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, I came across something that made me curious.
One day, my father and uncle went to a doctor who had also been awarded the Padma Vibhushan. After the doctor came to know that my father and uncle were Ismailis, he told them that he had met the Aga Khan and had shaken hands with him.
What surprised me was that the doctor said that when he shook hands with the Aga Khan, his hand had some kind of different energy.
That made me skeptical and curious at the same time. The doctor wasn't an Ismaili, and he wasn't necessarily saying this from a religious or devotional perspective. He was simply describing his personal experience of meeting Karim Aga Khan.
So now I genuinely want to know:
Has anyone here ever shaken hands with Karim Aga Khan IV or Prince Rahim Aga Khan V?
If you have, what did you feel?
Did their handshake or their overall presence feel different in any way? Did you experience something you would describe as unusual energy, calmness, warmth, intensity, peace, or anything else?
I’m particularly interested in hearing from people who are not Ismaili, because I want to know whether this is something others independently noticed as well.
Not trying to make any supernatural claim—just genuinely curious about people's firsthand experiences.
P.S. I used ChatGPT to help me frame and structure this post, but the story is genuinely mine.