The day will mark the launch of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Mahatma. At the Rashtrapati Bhavan cultural centre, the Prime Minister will attend the closing session of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention -- a four-day international conference that has brought together sanitation ministers and other leaders from around the world. Modi will visit a mini digital exhibition at the event, accompanied by the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres. The dignitaries will launch commemorative postage stamps on Mahatma Gandhi and a CD based on his favourite hymn 'Vaishnav Jan'. The Swachh Bharat Awards will be distributed on this occasion. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the first Assembly of the International Solar Alliance.
Gandhi Jayanti 2018 celebrations LIVE updates
2: 25 pm: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 149th birth anniversary.
2: 05 pm: Shah Rukh Khan's message on Swachh Bharat.
2: 05 pm: Not only in India, but people across the world are celebrating Gandhi Jayanti. On the birth anniversary of Babu and under the ' Swachata he Sewa' drive, officers and staff of Indian Consulate in Dubai offer Shramdaan.
12: 45 pm: PM modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi as the world celebrates his 150th birth anniversary. Watch video-
12: 43 pm: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Gandhi Ashram Bapu Kuti in Wardha in Maharashtra.
12: 40 pm: To make the world clean 4 Ps are necessary, Political leadership,Public funding,Partnerships and People’s participation: PM Modi at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention: PM Modi
12: 30 pm: PM Modi is addressing at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention. "So many countries coming together for a cleanliness campaign is an unheard of event. I pay tribute to Bapu on everyone's behalf," PM said.
10: 40 am: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
10: 35 am: PM also shared the pictures of him paying tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri. Take a look.
10: 30 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and shared the photos from Rajghat where he paid tributes to Bapu this morning.
10: 14 am: On Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi a Shramdan was organised by Embassy of India in Kathmandu. Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri and a large number of officials actively participated in the drive.
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9: 40 am: I & B Ministry is organising exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi at Palika Bazar, Delhi today to commemorate his birth anniversary. Six-day multi-media exhibition will be inaugurated by the Information and Broadcasting Minister Col Rajvardhan Rathore tomorrow evening.
9: 30 am: Home Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries
9: 15 am: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid his tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He took to Twitter and said the only weapons to save this country from hatred, violence and communalism is Gandhi ji's teachings on truth and non-violence.
9: 02 am: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and CM Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Lucknow, today.
8: 52 am: Rahul Gandhi tweets, "Gandhiji is not an immobile statue, he is a living set of ideas and values flowing through India"
8: 40 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijayghat on his birth anniversary.
8: 20 am: Students of Kalyan Railway School in Maharashtra painted a local train for Mahatma Gandhi 's birth anniversary and to create awareness for Swachh Bharat.
8: 12 am: President Ram Nath Kovind, took to Twitter to celebrate Bapu's birthday and also remembered the leadership of the former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
8: 00 am: PM Modi took to Twitter and paid his tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
7: 57 am: BJP veteran leader Shri L.K Advani paid tribute at Rajghat on Mahatma Gandhi 150th birth anniversary.
7: 53 am: Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi paid tribute at Rajghat on the 150th birth anniversary of Babu.
7: 50 am: PM will also visit Vijay Ghat to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary also falls on October 2.
7: 45 am: Rahul Gandhi paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Delhi's Rajghat.
7: 40 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajghat in the national capital today to offer floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
7: 35 am: On October 2 every year, several programmes, exhibitions are organised across the country and worldwide highlighting Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy, principle and believe in non-violence. The United Nations observes the day as the International Day of Non-Violence.
7: 30 am: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar of Gujarat. To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation, India is celebrating Gandhi Jayanti today.
In his message on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said Mahatma Gandhi will be the guiding light in India's pursuit to eradicate poverty and achieve rapid social and economic progress. He said it would be "only befitting" to celebrate this year's Jayanti with welfare programmes pertinent to the life and work of Gandhi, said a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement. "The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a true tribute to Gandhiji, who espoused cleanliness as an essential element of healthy living," Kovind said.