Published 15:23 IST, September 9th 2019
Mahatma Gandhi given a tribute in SA through his favourite songs
To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an audio-visual extravaganza was premiered at the University of Witwatersrand's Great hall on Saturday.
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To mark birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an audio-visual extravaganza was premiered at University of Witwatersrand's Great hall in South Africa on Saturday to spre mess of peace through his favourite songs. It was lauded by South Africans. According to Bharghav Purohit from music composer duo Bhargav-Kedar, "This was a deliberate strategy to appeal to youth as we send out universal mess of peace and values that Gandhi ji espoused, but we have found that even older people in audience enjoyed show." birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is on October 2.
Tribute Programme
tribute programme was organized to send out a mess of peace and harmony. Apart from an audio-visual programme of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite songs, an exhibition of 19 huge panels recalling highlights of Gandhi's life was organized. exhibition also promoted Gujarat as a tourist destination. According to curator, Varun Sutaria, who put toger programme with assistance from local events coordinator Anil Rambaran, "We are delighted with response here in Johannesburg and are currently negotiating several global venues to take show re."
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Dominican Republic releases Mahatma's postal stamps
Dominican Republic on August 28 h released a postal stamp in order to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Prime Minister during his rio brocast show 'Mann Ki baat' h spoken about Mahatma Gandhi's 150th anniversary. Taking it to Twitter, Embassy of Dominican Republic stated that y are proud to release stamps. On or hand, Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan thanked External Relations Minister of Dominican Republic, Miguel Vargas for houring Mahatma Gandhi.
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(With PTI Inputs)
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11:37 IST, September 9th 2019