Namaste Bharat: India pays homage to Bapu on his 150th Birth Anniversary

India is paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi — the Father of Nation on his 150th birth anniversary today. The entire nation is celebrating Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. There are number of events have been planned for today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Tuesday and visited Rajghat in the national capital. He will also attend programmes related to sanitation and renewable energy. While the central government has planned for year-long celebrations to mark the big occasion.

Congress, on the other hand, has also chosen the occasion to hold the party’s Working Committee (CWC) meeting at Mahatma Gandhi’s Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in Maharashtra.

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.