New Delhi/Washington:
US President Joe Biden and First Girl Jill Biden hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the White Home right this moment. They had been joined by Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan on the non-public dinner.
Because the official items, the Prime Minister gave a handcrafted sandalwood field to President Joe Biden, and a 7.5 carat eco-friendly inexperienced diamond to the First Girl.
The sandalwood field gifted to President Biden, who turns 81 in November, accommodates a silver idol of Lord Ganesha, a diya (oil lamp) and ‘Das Danam’ .
“Das Danam” signifies donations made when an individual turns into ‘Drishta Sahasrachandro’ or the one who has seen one thousand full moons after finishing the age of 80 years and eight months.
The Prime Minister additionally gifted Joe Biden a duplicate of the primary version print of the e book ‘The Ten Principal Upanishads’.
The diamond, gifted to Jill Biden, was positioned in a field made from paper pulp, often called kar-e-kalamdani.
PM Modi acquired a hand-crafted, vintage American e book galley from the Bidens.
The primary couple additionally gifted him a classic American digital camera, a hardcover e book of American wildlife images and a signed, first version copy of ‘Collected Poems of Robert Frost.
PM Modi reached Washington right this moment after main a grand record-setting yoga session on the UN headquarters in New York. He acquired in a rousing welcome in New York on Tuesday and held conferences with a number of CEOs, intellectuals and lecturers.
PM Modi is the third Indian to be invited for a state go to, seen as the very best type of expression of pleasant ties and is reserved just for closest allies. A state go to includes an invite by the Head of a State to his official residence.
President Biden and the primary girl will host a separate State Dinner at White Home for the Prime Minister tomorrow, which is predicted to be attended by about 400 visitors.
The go to signifies the deepening ties between the 2 nations in a number of fields.