Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Anjali-Sachin.jpg|thumb|Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali]]
On 24 May 1995, Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, a [[paediatrician]] of [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] origin, whom he had first met in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bharat-ratna-sachin-tendulkar/top-stories/The-God-and-his-Gujarat-connections/articleshow/26273682.cms|title=The God and his Gujarat connections|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 November 2013|first=Ajit|last=Bezbaruah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chadband |first1=Ian |title=How family helps Indian great Sachin Tendulkar hold the world at bay |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/10442544/How-family-helps-Indian-great-Sachin-Tendulkar-hold-the-world-at-bay.html |access-date=12 May 2017 |work=The Telegraph |date=11 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501102157/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/10442544/How-family-helps-Indian-great-Sachin-Tendulkar-hold-the-world-at-bay.html |archive-date=1 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=I didn't even know who Sachin was when we first met: Anjali|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/i-didn-t-even-know-who-sachin-was-when-we-first-met-anjali/story-kZvBiWRTgCRdXZtYTqJf3J.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=12 May 2017|date=14 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sachin Tendulkar To Celebrate A Quiet Marriage Anniversary |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-to-celebrate-a-quiet-marriage-anniversary-1536129 |work=Press Trust of India |publisher=ndtv.com |access-date=12 May 2017 |date=25 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512053031/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-to-celebrate-a-quiet-marriage-anniversary-1536129 |archive-date=12 May 2017 }}</ref> Anjali decided to leave her medical career following their marriage.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web|date=26 May 2017|title=Sachin: A Billion Dreams review – love letter to cricket's sultan of swing|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/26/sachin-a-billion-dreams-review|access-date=23 November 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> They have two children, [[Sara Sachin Tendulkar|Sara]] and [[Arjun Tendulkar|Arjun]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sachin-tendulkars-son-arjun-selected-for-the-under-14-mumbai-team/1/241580.html |title=Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun selected for the under-14 Mumbai team |date=10 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305181222/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sachin-tendulkars-son-arjun-selected-for-the-under-14-mumbai-team/1/241580.html |archive-date=5 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arjun Tendulkar bowls in England nets |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2015/content/story/899185.html |access-date=7 September 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912020001/http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2015/content/story/899185.html |archive-date=12 September 2015 }}</ref> Tendulkar lives in a bungalow in the Mumbai suburb of [[Bandra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zeenews.india.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-s-house-check-price-and-unseen-pics-of-master-blaster-s-lavish-bungalow-in-mumbai-2368756.html/amp |title=Sachin Tendulkar's house: Check price and unseen pics of Master Blaster's lavish bungalow in Mumbai |access-date=16 November 2021 |archive-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706200114/https://zeenews.india.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-s-house-check-price-and-unseen-pics-of-master-blaster-s-lavish-bungalow-in-mumbai-2368756.html/amp }}</ref>

Tendulkar is a [[Hindu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=VIDEO: मास्टर ब्लास्टर सचिन तेंडुलकरकडून पाडव्याच्या खास शुभेच्छा|url=https://marathi.abplive.com/sports/sachin-tendulkar-gudhipadva-wishes-latest-updates-385224|work=ABP News |language=mr |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=24 December 2021 }}</ref> He is a devotee of [[Ganesha]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/sachin-tendulkar-celebrates-ganesh-chaturthi-on-a-zoom-call-taimur-builds-himself-a-lego-ganesha/articleshow/77692770.cms |title=Sachin Tendulkar celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi on a Zoom call; Taimur builds himself a Lego Ganesha |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=22 August 2020 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> and a follower of [[Sathya Sai Baba]], whom he visited for the first time in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156040/tendulkar-cancels-birthday-celebrations-prays.html |title=Deccan Herald – Tendulkar cancels birthday celebrations, prays for Sai Baba |work=Deccan Herald |date=24 April 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811154618/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156040/tendulkar-cancels-birthday-celebrations-prays.html |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sai-devotee-sachin-wont-play-in-todays-mat/780600/ |title=Indian Express – Sai Devotee Sachin|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=24 April 2011|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/sai-bhakt-sachin-calls-off-birthday-celebrations/268529.html |title=Sai bhakt Sachin calls off birthday celebrations |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=2 August 2013 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The death of Sai Baba on Tendulkar's 38th birthday, in 2011, caused him to cancel his birthday celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156423/sachin-tears-while-paying-last.html |title=Sachin in tears while paying last respects to Sathya Sai Baba |work=Deccan Herald |date=25 April 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811135053/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156423/sachin-tears-while-paying-last.html |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AndhraPradesh/The-master-mourns-his-guru/Article1-689677.aspx |title=The master mourns his guru |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=26 April 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811184446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AndhraPradesh/The-master-mourns-his-guru/Article1-689677.aspx |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref>