For foreign dignitaries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often chosen gifts that showcase India's rich cultural and artistic traditions, and it was no different this time as he picked a variety of products for the heads of governments at the G7 Summit.
It was distinct artistic products identified with different regions of Uttar Pradesh and other states which featured heavily in his choices, with the United States President receiving Gulabi Meenakari, a GI-tagged artform of Varanasi, cufflink set and brooch and the German Chancellor getting metal marodi-carving matka, considered a masterpiece from Moradabad, official sources said on Tuesday.
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