Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chennai to attend the second informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The event will take place in Mamalllapuram on Friday and Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Mamallapuram.

Attired in veshti-angavastram, PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping take a tour around Mamallapuram temple.

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The media centre gear up for the Modi-Xi Summit

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Musicians rehearse for the second informal summit between India's Prime Minister and the Chinese President

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Musicians rehearse for the second informal summit between India's Prime Minister and the Chinese President

Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Musicians rehearse for the second informal summit between India's Prime Minister and the Chinese President

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on his arrival in Chennai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister K Palaniswami apon his arrival in Chennai.

Students with their faces painted in the colours of the Chinese and Indian flags at a programme at Everwin School, in Chennai, ahead of the Modi-Xi informal summit in Mamallapuram on Friday Bijoy Ghosh

School students form the Mandarin characters for the name Xi Jinping, in Chennai, on Thursday. The Chinese President will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mamallapuram, near Chennai, on Friday Bijoy Ghosh

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram.