After landing in Ahmedabad and being accorded a grand welcome, United States President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump made their way to Sabarmati Ashram for a brief stopover on their way to Motera Stadium.

The US First Couple was accompanied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit.

The devotional hymn that Gandhi loved best rang out from a children’s choir as they toured the home and placed a hand-woven cloth garland on the painting on the Indian independence leader.

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A guide showed Trump how the wheel worked and he watched with interest as the threads passed through the wooden machine.

The Trumps and Modi sat on a ledge for a few moments before Trump sat a wooden table to sign a guest book.

After, Modi unveiled three marble statuettes, about a foot tall, of monkeys making the “speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil” motions.

The US President, along with his family and a ministerial delegation will be in India for around 36 hours.

-- With inputs from AGENCIES

Photographs: ANI/Twitter, Al Drago/Reuters