In­dia’s Prime Min­is­ter Naren­dra Mo­di touched down at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port yes­ter­day af­ter­noon to a grand, colour­ful and cer­e­mo­ni­al wel­come, mark­ing the start of his his­toric two-day vis­it to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

The vis­it, part of Mo­di’s five-na­tion diplo­mat­ic tour, saw the In­di­an leader greet­ed with full State ho­n­ours and a spec­tac­u­lar cul­tur­al show­case that blend­ed the sounds and rhythms of In­dia with the vi­brant en­er­gy of T&T.

Mo­di’s of­fi­cial air­craft, Air In­dia One, land­ed at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 3.29 pm un­der height­ened se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures.