Do you know there was code words used by the security for the hotels of G20 leaders and their entourage stayed in during the three-day meeting of some of the most influential people in the world, as per Delhi Police.

After summit's conclusion and after the security blanket that covered New Delhi has been lifted, each hotel had been assigned a code word for operational purposes and to maintain secrecy while plotting VVIP movements as reported by NDTV.

Protocol also dictates that when the head of state, or foreign dignitary, is on the move, his/her actual destination is never revealed during radio communications between the different teams guarding them - remember all the spy/thriller movies you've ever seen?

Each code word the result of briefings between the security teams of each head of state, the Special Protection Group (an elite commando unit that guards the Prime Minister) and the highest echelons of Delhi Police. All of this was under the direct supervision of the Union Home Ministry.

More specifically, police and security personnel at junior levels are not told of these words.

Code Words Revealed

So what do the code words lead to?

"Pandora" was US President Biden's residence - the ITC Maurya Sheraton, which is usually where American heads of state stay when they visit India - and "Samara" was the code for the Shangri-La, where UK PM Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murthy stayed during the G20 Summit.

The Le Meridien, or "Mahabodhi", was 'home-away-from-home' for leaders from Nigeria, the Netherlands, Spain and Mauritius, as well as World Bank officials, and the Taj Man Singh, or "Paramount", hosted the UAE Crown Prince.

Code words were also used for destinations, so Rajghat, where G20 leaders and foreign officials paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on a rain-drenched Sunday morning was "Rudpur". And Pragati Maidan - ground zero, where the summit was held - was "Niketan"