Reportedly Prime Minister narendra modi wore a white half-sleeved shirt, a veshti and an angavastram as he welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping in traditional clothes at Tamilnadu's Mamallapuram, earlier known as Mahabalipuram, on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile PM modi took President Xi, who was dressed in a white shirt and dark trousers, on a tour of ancient rock monuments, Arjuna's Penance, Panch Rathas and the Shore Temple.
Furthermore the Prime Minister was seen in visuals explaining to the Chinese president the significance of the carvings at Arjuna's Penance, a seventh century monument at a height of 73 feet. It is a monolith carved on the face of two huge boulders. Perhaps according to one interpretation, Arjuna's Penance depicts a story from the Mahabharata of how Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers, performed severe austerities in order to obtain Shiva's weapon.
Moreover on Saturday morning, the two leaders held an informal meet at the Taj Fisherman's Cove Resort and Spa, followed by delegation-level talks. Apparently the two day event is a symbolic walk into an ancient era of trade ties between the heritage coastal town and china around 1,600 years ago.
