Special Present From PM Modi To Joe And Jill Biden

The US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden received special gifts from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 21 as they arrived at the White House in Washington, DC.

He gave WB Yeats and Shri Purohit Swami's English translation of the Indian Upanishads to President Biden of the United States FABER AND LABER LIMITED.

A unique sandalwood box made by a master craftsman from Jaipur, Rajasthan, was another present given by PM Modi. The sandalwood came from Mysore in the state of Karnataka.

The Lord Ganesha statue and silver diya (oil lamp) in the box were made by artists from a fifth-generation silversmith family in Kolkata, West Bengal.

US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden received a 7.5-carat green diamond from PM Modi.

PM Modi also gave kar-e-kalamdani, or paper mache, which included the Green Diamond.