Soft diplomacy touch: Modi gives Xi Jinping a guided tour of Mahabalipuram

The two leaders will also enjoy a dance program by students of Kalakshetra Foundation near the Shore Temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned guide for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is in the country for the informal summit.

Modi, who was in Tamil traditional dress, received Xi near Arjuna's penance in the famed sculpture town Mahabalipuram, about 60 km from Chennai and took him inside the rock cut temple and was seen explaining about the monument to the Chinese leader like a professional guide.

The two leaders then walked over to Krishna's Butter Ball -  a gigantic boulder weighing about 250 ton seated on a short incline. Though it may seem that the boulder would roll down