PM Modi-Xi Jinping Meet: Mamallapuram gears up for 2nd informal summit

India and China are all set to hold Modi-Xi summit in Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram on October 11 and 12 and PM Modi will be flying down from Delhi to Chennai for meeting. To ensure smooth manment during meeting between two world leers, officials from MEA, Tamil Nu Government, and Chinese officials have been working day and night since last fortnight. Also, State Government is making sure that ros connecting Chennai and Mahabalipuram are developed. Some parts of ros including East coast ro, Old Mahabalipuram Ro, and GST ro are being recoated. 

PM Modi’s schedule for Friday, Oct 11 

PM Modi will be flying down from Delhi to Chennai on October 11 at 12:30 pm, post which he will get on an MI-17 helicopter and land at Mahabalipuram helip at 1 pm. summit will begin at 5 pm when both, PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a guided tour to three of monuments at Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram. Next, both leers will be attending a cultural program from 6 to 6:30 pm at Shore Temple. Following that, both PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be having a private dinner. 

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PM Modi’s schedule for Saturday, Oct 12 

On day two of summit, PM Modi will have a Tete-e-Tete with Chinese President Xi Jinping at 10 am. This will be followed by India and China delegation-level talks at 10:50 am in morning. leers will n proceed for, yet ar meal hosted by India in  hour of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Post events, PM Modi will proceed to Chennai airport from Mahabalipuram helip at 1:40 pm and land reach Delhi by 6:50 pm. 

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Venue of event – Mahabalipuram 

Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram is a historic town that is named after  Pallava ruler of seventh century Narashimavarman I.  Pallava and Chola kingdom have h strong maritime tre connection with China since seventh century. re are a lot of monuments in Mahabalipuram which can be grouped as Molithic, Caves, Temples and Sculptured scenes. se monuments were also declared as World Herit Site by UNESCO in year 1984. 

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