He patiently waits for the benevolent commuters who give him as much as £3 a day from his efforts.

But the 42-year-old is not just a beggar.

For many Indians, he is the reincarnation of Lord Ganesha – the elephant God known as the ‘Lord of Obstacles’ and they pay him money in respect.

However Kanai doesn’t have a trunk like an elephant.

He suffers from a rare condition called neurofibromatosis that has disfigured his face, left his facial skin sagging down to his chest and his right eye has vanished in all the layers of his droopy flesh.