G20 Summit: Centre Gifts Spices, Tea Leaves, Honey, Pashmina Shawl And Much More To Foreign Leaders — SEE PICS

Following the successful completion of the G20 Summit, the Government of India presented special hampers foreign leaders and delegates. One of the hampers was a hand-crafted box made of sheesham (Rosewood) with brass plates. (Image Source: ANI)

The Sheesham box which was gifted to the leaders contained various gifts, including tea leaves, coffee beans, mangrove honey, and many more. (Image Source: ANI)

A bottle of Sunderbans multiflora mangrove honey. Sunderbans is the largest mangrove in the world, located on the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganga, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna in the Bay of Bengal. It is home to colonies of wild honeybees. (Image: @ANI)

The Centre also gifted Araku coffee beans to the guests. Araku coffee is the world’s first terroir-mapped coffee, grown on organic plantations in the Araku Valley of Andhra Pradesh. (Image: ANI)

The hamper included 'The Champagne of Teas: Pekoe Darjeeling and Nilgiri Tea'. Pekoe Darjeeling and Nilgiri Tea are illustrious gems from India’s tea tapestry, epitomizing the delicate art of tea cultivation and infusion. (Image: ANI)

The box also contained the most exotic and expensive spice in the world, Saffron (‘Zafran’ in Persian, ‘Kesar’ in Hindi). Across cultures and civilizations, saffron has been valued for its unparalleled culinary and medicinal value. Apart from being a luxurious and sought-after culinary spice, saffron is abundantly rich in antioxidants and provides many health benefits. (Image: ANI)

The foreign leaders and delegates also got attars in their hampers. Zighrana Ittar is a masterpiece of fragrance hailing from Kannauj, a city in Uttar Pradesh. ‘Attar’, or 'ittar' (meaning ‘perfume’) is an essential oil derived from botanical sources. It showcases a centuries-old tradition of exquisite perfume crafting, reported ANI. (Image: ANI)

The Centre presented an ikkat stole in Teakwood box to the spouse of the Prime Minister of Mauritius, a Banarasi stole in Kadamwood box to the spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and another Banarasi Silk stole in an Ebony 'jali' box to the Spouse of the President of Argentina. (Image: ANI)

The government gifted a Kashmiri Pashmina Stole in a Paper Mache box to the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia, a Kashmiri Pashmina Stole in a Paper Mache box to the Spouse of the President of Brazil, and an Assam Stole in Kadam Wood Box to the Spouse of the President of Indonesia. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

The gift hamper also contained a Pashmina shawl for the foreign leaders. The Kashmiri Pashmina shawl has many enchanting stories woven into its fabric. ‘Pashm’ means wool in Persian. But in Kashmiri, it refers to the raw unspun wool of the Changthangi goat (the world’s most unique Cashmere goat) found only at a height of 14,000 feet above sea level. The wool is collected by combing (and not shearing) the undercoat of this goat. Skilled artisans hand-spin, weave, and embroider their delicate fibres using age-old processes. The result is a light, warm and intricate shawl that embodies timeless elegance and craftsmanship. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)