WATCH how countries across the world paid special tribute to Bapu on Gandhi Jayanti

The World's tallest building Burj Khalifa lit up with an image of Bapu and displayed his messages to mark the special day. Check the video here.

Images: Twitter (@MEAIndia)

New Delhi: As countries world over marked the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Tuesday, the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa put up a spectacular show to pay tribute to the global leader. The tower changed colour to Indian Tricolour bearing the image of Mahatma Gandhi and marked the occasion by displaying different messages given by him. The tower lit up with messages like ‘be the change you wish to see in the world’, ‘poverty is the worst form of violence’, ‘no culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive’, and ‘non-violence is the virtue of the strong’. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar shared the video of the beautiful staging on Twitter. As per the Ministry, over 120 locations world over joined in paying homage to Bapu. Check out the video here:

Stunning LED display at the iconic Burj Khalifa in Dubai!

Message of Mahatma Gandhi resonates world over as more than 120 locations world over join in paying homage to Bapu on #BapuAt150. pic.twitter.com/4ZYTNaSvee — Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 2, 2018

The ministry then shared visuals of celebrations at different places including London, Nairobi, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Lisbon, Vienna, Washington, Belgrade, Ottawa, Tel Aviv and Bamako. Check the visuals here:

Spectacular LED display of Mahatma Gandhi's message at the historic Piccadilly Circus in #London. #BapuAt150 pic.twitter.com/qG8O1oKHV0

— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 2, 2018

And then in #Nairobi (Kenya), #Paris and #Moscow. Mahatma Gandhi's message reverberated in capitals across the world #BapuAt150 pic.twitter.com/F97cG4aV5L

— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 2, 2018

In #Berlin (Nikolaiviertel) #Lisbon (Praça do Comércio), #TelAviv and #Bamako (Mali). A well coordinated exercise of spreading the message of Mahatma Gandhi through LED projection, first-time ever attempted at this scale. #BapuAt150 pic.twitter.com/BWGP4Ik3zo

— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 2, 2018

Ideals of Truth and non-violence go global! #Belgrade #Vienna #Ottawa #Washington join in the host of cities presenting #Mahatma’s message across continents through LED projections commemorating #BapuAt150 @IndiaInSerbia @IndiainAustria @HCI_Ottawa @IndianEmbassyUS pic.twitter.com/Cw5P4P1dax

— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 3, 2018