'I saw a child down on the ground and a lady was holding him. His head was bleeding, so I unveiled my turban and put it under his head,' he said.

'I wasn't thinking about the turban. I was thinking about the accident and I just thought, "He needs something on his head because he's bleeding". That's my job - to help. And I think anyone else would have done the same as me.'

Mr Singh and other members of the public stayed with the boy until emergency services arrived. Not long after the accident, the boy's mother arrived.

Another man, Gagan Dhillon, was on his way to work when he saw the accident and stopped to help.

He said: 'There was enough help as there was, but being a Sikh myself, I know what type of respect the turban has. People just don't take it off - people die over it.

'He didn't care that his head was uncovered in public. He just wanted to help this little boy.'

Since the incident occurred, Mr Singh has received thousands of messages and comments on his Facebook page. 

'Great symbol of - we are all human beings. We have our individual beliefs, but at the end of the day to care for one another is key,' Ashleigh Garrett said on Facebook. 

'This is why I have high respect for the Sikhism faith. Awesome job mate!,' one person commented. 

Mr Singh, from India, is in Auckland studying a business course. He said he was overwhelmed with all the praise.

'Thousands of people have said 'well done'. I was only doing what I had to and trying to be a decent member of the community,' he said. 

'Thanks to all who messages, calls... thanks all the worldwide Facebook members who messaged me. I think I just did my job nothing else.'

Source: dailymail.co.uk