PM Modi's Gifts To Biden, Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau At G7
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gifts to world leaders display the country's rich art and crafts; many of them are from regions of Uttar Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a visit to Germany to attend the G7 summit, presented its leaders with various gifts displaying the country's rich art and crafts, particularly those related to Uttar Pradesh's 'one district one product' scheme. PM gifted Gulabi Meenakari brooch and cufflink set from Varanasi, UP to US President Joe BidenThese cufflinks were prepared for the President with a matching brooch for the First Lady. Gulabi Meenakari is a GI-tagged art form. pic.twitter.com/bIzujEktLd PM Modi gifted Platinum painted hand painted Tea Set from Bulandhshahr, UP to UK PM Boris JohnsonThe crockery is outlined with platinum metal paint in honour of Queen's platinum jubilee being celebrated this year. Embossed outlines are laid on manually with Mehndi cone work pic.twitter.com/2s5Q1OZTIj PM Modi gifted an Indian hand knitted silk carpet from Kashmir to Canada PM Justin TrudeauThe hand knitted silk carpets are famous all over the world for their softness. A Kashmiri Silk carpet is known for its beauty, perfectness, lushness, luxury & dedicated craftsmanship pic.twitter.com/OImLYYG6p6 PM Modi gifted Black Pottery pieces from Nizamabad, UP to Japan PM Fumio KishidaThe Pottery uses a special technique to bring out black colours- while the pottery is inside the oven, it is ensured that there is no scope for oxygen to enter the oven & heat level remains high pic.twitter.com/CWy1DrITWK PM Modi gifted Lacquerware Ram Durbar from Varanasi, UP to Indonesia President Joko WidodoThe wooden statues of gods, goddesses and sacred animals served as coveted souvenirs taken back by pilgrims. This particular piece is made on Goolar (Botanical name: Ficus Racemosa) wood pic.twitter.com/QdPsVqBkxQ
His gifts included a hand-knotted carpet, carved matka, itr bottles, tea set, brooch and cufflinks.
PM Modi gifted a Metal Marodi carving matka to German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz. This nickel-coated, hand-engraved brass vessel is a masterpiece from Moradabad district, which is also known as the Peetal Nagari or "brass city" of Uttar Pradesh. After casting the pot, the design that has to be engraved is first sketched on paper. An outline of the whole design is done with a fine engraving tool hammered with a wooden block. This particular type of engraving is called Marodi, owing to the curved lines used to fill up negative space in this design.
He gifted Gulabi Meenakari brooch and cufflink set to US President Joe Biden. Gulabi Meenakari is a GI-tagged art form of Varanasi. A piece of pure silver is moulded into a base form, and the chosen design is embossed in the metal. The embossed shapes are then filled with great dexterity with crushed meena glass mixed with an intriguing natural anardana (pomegranate seeds) glue.
