PM Modi gifts Madhya Pradesh's Gond Art Painting to newly appointed Australian PM

On May 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a Gond Art Painting to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on behalf of Indians. leers of India and Australia are in Tokyo for second in-person Qu summit. Furr, on sidelines of Qu Summit in Tokyo on May 24, PM Modi held "fruitful" discussions with Australian PM Anthony Albanese, during which two leers reviewed ir multifaceted bilateral cooperation and reaffirmed ir desire to deepen it.

What is Gond Art Painting?

Gond paintings are a highly regarded form of tribal art which have ir origin in Mhya Presh. word 'Gond' is derived from word 'Kond,' which meaning 'green mountain.' Gond art is thought to be quite similar to Australian Aboriginal art. Aborigines, like Gonds, have ir own creation stories. se two art forms are separated by thousands of miles in terms of geographic distance between ir creators, but y are strongly linked in ir sentimentality and emotional core, which are distinguishing characteristics of every art form.

Gond paintings are me up of dots and lines and have been used as pictorial art on Gond walls and floors. It is done during building and re-building of each house, using locally available natural colours and materials such as charcoal, coloured soil, plant sap, leaves, cow dung, lime stone powder, and so on.

PM Modi acknowledges PM Albanese's dedication

At Qu summit, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Albanese, saying his presence at summit only 24 hours after taking oath demonstrated his dedication to Qu. On Monday, Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister. In Saturday's election, his center-left Labor Party defeated his predecessor Scott Morrison's conservative coalition. For nine years, coalition h been in power under three prime ministers.

According to Ministry of External Affairs, both Prime Ministers expressed ir desire to maintain positive momentum in bilateral relationship. Furrmore, Prime Minister Modi invited Australian Prime Minister to visit India as soon as possible. MEA stated in a press release, "Both leers reviewed multi-faceted cooperation under Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including in tre & investment, defence manufacturing, renewable energy including green hydrogen, education, science and technology, agricultural research, sports and people-to-people ties."

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