PM Modi on Wednesday presented US President Joe Biden with a special sandalwood box, handcrafted by a master craftsman from Jaipur while a 7.5-carat lab-grown diamond was gifted to First Lady Jill Biden.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted PM Narendra Modi for an intimate dinner at the White House during which, besides discussing a wide range of issues, they also exchanged gifts and enjoyed a musical tribute to the regions of India.
"I thank @POTUS @JoeBiden and @FLOTUS @DrBiden for hosting me at the White House today. We had a great conversation on several subjects," Modi tweeted.
Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday presented US President Joe Biden with a special sandalwood box, handcrafted by a master craftsman from Jaipur.
The box contains the idol of Lord Ganesha and a Diya (oil lamp), handcrafted by a family of fifth-generation silversmiths from Kolkata.
PM Modi also gifted a 7.5-carat lab-grown diamond to First Lady Jill Biden, which reflects earth-mined diamonds’ chemical and optical properties, along with a Papier mache box, known as kar-e-kalamdani - in which the Green diamond is placed.
US President Biden and First Lady Jill presented a handmade, antique American book galley from the early 20th Century as the official gift to Prime Minister Modi.
They also reportedly gifted a vintage American camera, accompanied by an archival facsimile print of George Eastman’s Patent of the first Kodak camera, a hardcover book on American wildlife photography, and a signed, first edition copy of 'Collected Poems of Robert Frost'.