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    The Indian PM welcomed the dignitaries with an 'angvastram' or stole while standing against the backdrop of an image of 'Bapu Kuti' or the Mahatma's hut.

        Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and world leaders pay homage at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat on the concluding day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)
    
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INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on a rain-soaked Sunday (10) received leaders of G20 at Rajghat, a memorial complex dedicated to India's iconic freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, where they paid tributes to the latter.
Among the leaders who were present are US president Joe Biden, United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and International Monetary Fund managing director Georgieva Kristalina, among others.
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 Indian prime minister Narendra Modi welcomes US president Joe Biden with a stole upon his arrival to pay respects at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Modi welcomed the dignitaries with an 'angvastram' or stole while standing against the backdrop of an image of 'Bapu Kuti' or the Mahatma's hut. It is actually located at the Sevagram ashram near Wardha in the western Indian state of Maharashtra where the Mahatma lived from 1936 till his assassination in 1948.
 Prime minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at the Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)
 Screens at Bharat Mandapam display prime minister Narendra Modi welcoming his British counterpart Rishi Sunak upon his arrival to pay his respects at the Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)
 Prime minister Narendra Modi welcomes Omani deputy prime minister Asaad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said upon his arrival to pay his respects at the Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023 (PTI Photo).
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi with French president Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at the Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Modi, who also hails from the state of Gujarat like the Mahatma, was seen explaining to the leaders about the significance of 'Bapu Kuti'.
After paying tributes to the Mahatma, the leaders signed on the 'Peace Wall' at the Leaders' Lounge.
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