Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift a unique memento, the ‘Kamalam’, to the State heads and foreign dignitaries attending the G-20 summit.
Kamalam is a hand-made brass artifact shaped like a lotus, made by the national award-winning artisan Manmohan Saini.
Saini, the only artisan with this remarkable skill, has revealed to the Indian media that ''Kamalam is an extraordinary lotus that unravels its beauty in the most magnificent way, and as the rotation continues, it unveils a fully bloomed flower in all its glory.''
Speaking with Indian media, Saini said it took him six months to prepare all these artifacts.
For Indians, especially Hindus, the lotus is regarded as the first flower born of creation, highly divine The lotus holds immense significance in Indian culture, particularly for Hindus. Revered as the very first flower to emerge from creation, it possesses a divine essence exclusively bestowed upon individuals of utmost significance. The flower is often equated with beauty, fertility, prosperity, spirituality, and eternity.
Meanwhile, when world leaders started arriving at Bharat Mandapam on Saturday morning for the G-20 Summit, interestingly, PM Modi shook handsAt the Bharat Mandapam, as the G-20 Summit commenced on Saturday morning, a remarkable sight unfolded. Prime Minister Modi warmly greeted world leaders, engaging in the customary photo-op, against the stunning backdrop of the iconic Konark Wheel of Odisha.The 13th-century wheel is seen as a powerful symbol of democracy.