WATCH - PM Modi presented THESE special gifts to US President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted special gifts to US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden and they hosted him at the White House for intimate dinner.

PM Modi presented a sandalwood box to President Biden, which has been handcrafted by an artisan from Jaipur and the sandalwood for the box has been sourced from Mysore in Karnataka.

The box contains an idol of the Lord Ganesha, a diya, handcrafted by artisans from the family of fifth-generation silversmiths in Kolkata and copper plate, sourced from Uttar Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents a special sandalwood box to US President Joe Biden that has been handcrafted by a master craftsman from Jaipur, Rajasthan. The sandalwood sourced from Mysore, Karnataka has intricately carved flora and fauna patterns. pic.twitter.com/fsRpEpKJ4W

— ANI (@ANI) June 22, 2023

The box also contains 10 symbolic pieces of donation items, kept in handcrafted silver boxes. The items include - handcrafted silver coconut, fragrant piece of sandalwood, 'Til' or white sesame seeds sourced from Tamil Nadu, 24K pure and hallmarked gold coin, Ghee or clarified butter, a handwoven textured tussar silk cloth, long-grained rice, jaggery, 99.5 per cent pure and hallmarked silver coin and salt from PM Modi's home state of Gujarat.

The box gifted by PM Modi to US President Joe Biden contains ten donations- a delicately handcrafted silver coconut by the skilled artisans of West Bengal is offered in place of a Cow for Gaudaan (donation of cow).

A fragrant piece of sandalwood sourced from Mysore, Karnataka… pic.twitter.com/I8ujKCoiK1

— ANI (@ANI) June 22, 2023

PM Modi also presented President Biden with a copy of the first edition print of the book, ‘The Ten Principal Upanishads’, published by Faber and Faber of London and printed at the University Press, Glasgow.

PM Modi’s gift to First Lady Jill Biden: Lab Grown 7.5 carat Green Diamond encased in a ‘Papier mâché’.#PMModiUSVisit pic.twitter.com/aDK2arNHIX

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 22, 2023

PM Modi also gifted a lab-grown 7.5-carat green diamond to Jill Biden. The diamond is placed in a papier mâché box known as kar-e-kalamdani.