India’s Cultural & Traditional Gifts to G7 Leaders
Indian Prime Minister during his visit to Germany (to attend the G7 summit), gifted its leaders with various rich art and crafts - especially those that are related to Uttar Pradesh's ‘one district, one product' scheme.
Following are the gifts presented to the G7 leaders:
Gulabi Meenakari Brooch and Cufflink
- Gulabi Meenakari is a GI-tagged art form of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
- A piece of pure silver is moulded into a base form, and the chosen design is embossed in the metal.
- The embossed shapes are then filled with crushed meena glass mixed with intriguing natural anardana (pomegranate seeds) glue.
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