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Meenakari chess set, sandalwood Buddha statue: PM Modi presents unique gifts to Harris, Quad leaders

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New Delhi, Sep 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a US tour, presented Vice President Kamala Harris with a bunch of unique gifts from India, as they held their first in-person meeting.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM Modi presented Kamala Harris with a copy old notifications related to her grandfather, who was a senior Indian government officer, in a wooden handicraft frame and a ''meenakari'' chess set.

PM Modi described India and America as "natural partners" in his meeting with Vice President Harris on Thursday at the White House during which they decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy and in the Indo-Pacific.

Noting that the prime minister had a "very successful" bilateral meeting with Harris, the sources said he gave very special gifts to the American vice president.

"In a very touching gesture, PM Modi presented Vice President Harris a copy of old notifications related to her grandfather, Shri PV Gopalan, in a wooden handicraft frame. P V Gopalan was a senior and respected government officer who served in various positions," a government source told PTI.

PM Modi also gifted Harris a ''gulabi meenakari'' chess set. The craft of ''gulabi meenakari'' is closely associated with Varanasi, one of the oldest cities of the world and the prime minister''s Lok Sabha constituency.

Each piece on this particular chess set is remarkably handcrafted. The bright colours reflect the vibrancy of Varanasi.

While Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was gifted a ''silver gulabi meenakari ship'', Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga was gifted a sandalwood Buddha statue.

The ship gifted to Morrison is also distinctly handcrafted and its brightness reflects Varanasi''s dynamism.

Besides meeting Harris, Prime Minister Modi held bilateral meetings with Suga and Morrison on Thursday.

Modi arrived in Washington on Wednesday on an official visit to the US during which he will hold the first face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden, attend the maiden in-person Quad summit and address the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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