The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary, with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paying floral tributes to him at his memorial Raj Ghat in New Delhi.
Clad in a white kurta and pyjama, Modi, who arrived at 7:40 AM, paid homage to the Mahatma by offering rose petals at his memorial and performing a ‘parikrama’ (circumambulation) around it.
Delhi: PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/Zn6tcDYt7H
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President Pranab Mukherjee also greeted the nation on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti saying his views on truth, morality and ethics remain integral to India’s national consciousness.
Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/6L9zYUY7jC
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Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP leader L K Advani also paid tributes to the Father of the Nation.
Senior BJP leader LK Advani pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/f6h1XcyxYV
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Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/xOAVpUR8jQ
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Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/Ny1V5es6P7
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Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/gR1B9yAGsw
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who arrived with his deputy Manish Sisodia, also paid tributes to the Mahatma on his birth anniversary.
Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal & Deputy CM Manish Sisodia pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary. #GandhiJayanti pic.twitter.com/uSl6uBVliX
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PM Modi and several other leaders also paid tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who shares his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to former Prime Minister #LalBahadurShashtri on his birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/06TIgBhT6v
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Delhi: Former PM Manmohan Singh pays tribute to former Prime Minister #LalBahadurShashtri on his birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/WMJuc6wBfX
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Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal & Deputy CM Manish Sisodia pay tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary pic.twitter.com/6pgjizv3xi
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Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu pays tribute to former Prime Minister #LalBahadurShashtri on his birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/OrwixtcT0c
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