Watch: PM Modi gets guard of honour as India’s national anthem plays at Male’s Republic Square

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial guard of honour at Republic Square in the capital of Maldives, Malé.

#WATCH | National anthems of India and Maldives being played at Republic Square in Malé, Maldives, as PM Modi receives a ceremonial welcome here.

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu accompanies PM Modi.

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— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2025

President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives, attended the event as well. PM Modi was greeted ceremoniously with a 21-gun salute.

PM Modi landed in Maldives on Friday as a part of his second leg of the two-nation visit.

He received a welcome from President Muizzu and senior ministers from the government upon his arrival.

The Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Shri @narendramodi arrives in the Maldives on a state visit, at the invitation of His Excellency President Dr @MMuizzu. This historic visit is Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to the Maldives since assuming his third term, and… pic.twitter.com/5xImYCNxbp

— The President's Office (@presidencymv) July 25, 2025

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With chants of Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai, members of the Indian diaspora greeted the PM.

There was also a cultural performance hosted by the diaspora in his honour.