IN PHOTOS: PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping take a trip across Mamallapuram

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping toured the seaside town of Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu ahead of their informal summit. Dressed in a traditional Tamil ‘veshti’ (dhoti), angavastram (a shawl), and a shirt, the Prime Minister took the Chinese premier aroud the historic shore temples.

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12 Oct 2019, 9:45 am

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People gather outside the Chennai International Airport to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)

Vehicles halt near Saidapet ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Mamallapuram. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)

Chinese President Xi Jinping's aircraft lands at the Chennai airport. (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)

Xi Jinping is welcomed by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit (right) and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (extreme right) with Deputy CM O Panneerselvam, upon his arrival at Chennai International Airport on 11 October 2019. (Photos | PIB)

Chinese President Xi Jinping's convoy leaves for ITC Grand Chola from Chennai airport on Friday. (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)

Chinese people gathered outside ITC grand chola hotel to welcome Chinese President Xi-Jinping in chennai on Friday. (Photo | EPS)

Dancers perform 'poi kaal kudirai' and 'karagattam' at Shollinganallur Junction in Chennai while welcoming Chinese president Xi Jinping. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)

The OMR made no man zone an hour before China president Xi Pings convoy to en route Mahabalipuram on Friday in Chennai. (Photo |EPS/P Jawahar)

Chinese President Xi Jinping's convoy on OMR enroute Mahabalipuram, in Chennai, on 11 October 2019. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit (on left) and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (extreme left) upon his arrival at Chennai International Airport on 11 October 2019. (Photos | PIB)

Indian PM Modi greets Chinese premier Xi Jinping. (Screengrab)

Modi takes Jinping on a tour of the Shore Temple monument in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on 11 October 2019. (Screengrab)

Modi and Jinping take a sip of tender coconut water amidst discussions. (Photo | PIB)

The two contemporaries visit the Shore Temple monument in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on 11 October 2019. (Photos | PIB)

The two political leaders are seen here deep in conversation. (Photos | PIB)

Modi and Jinping at Arjuna's Penance and Krishna's Butter Ball in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on 11 October 2019. (Photos | PIB)

Modi and Jinping at Krishna's Butter Ball in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on 11 October 2019. (Photo | PIB)

Police detain Tibetan students as they protest ahead of the arrival of China's President Xi Jinping at the ITC Grand Chola hotel in Chennai on 11 October 2019. (Photo | Special Arrangement)