G20 Summit: Spouses of world leaders treated to special lunch, sample street food and millet dishes
G20 Summit here were treated to a special lunch at Jaipur House on Saturday, following which they were given a guided tour of an exhibition of culturally-rich artefacts at NGMA, official sources said. The group was served millet-based dishes and they also sampled some street food, a source said.
«First ladies from Turkiye, Japan, the UK, Australia and Mauritius, among others visited the exhibition at NGMA (National Gallery of Modern Art),» the source added.
The source told PTI, «After lunch at Jaipur House, spouses of some world leaders enjoyed an exhibition hosted at the NGMA that opened today. The exhibition has been showcased especially for them.»
The 'Roots and Routes' exhibition explores India's civilisational heritage, ethos and inter-connectedness.
The NGMA, under the Union Ministry of Culture, boasts a rich collection of artwork, including paintings, sculptures and photographs. S Radhakrishnan, the then-vice-president, inaugurated the gallery at Jaipur House in 1954, according to the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav website.
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The special lunch and the NGMA exhibition were organised on the sidelines of the two-day G20 Summit that got underway on Saturday at the newly-built international convention and exhibition centre — Bharat Mandapam — at Pragati Maidan.
Earlier in the day, spouses of some world leaders visited the Pusa campus to learn about millet farming.
They (world leaders' spouses) showed interest in learning more about millets, the
