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.
What did PM Modi gift the Bidens?
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.
Gift for PM Modi from the Bidens
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'.
