TOP INDIAN LEADERS ATTEND PRAYER MEET IN NEW DELHI TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF MAHATMA GANDHI
By ANIMonday, January 31, 2011
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Top Indian leaders attend prayer meet in New Delhi to mark anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Top Indian leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and foreign dignitaries attend the all religion prayer meeting to mark the 63rd death anniversary of father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA (JANUARY 30, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. CHILDREN SINGING HYMNS AT A TRIBUTE CEREMONY FOR MAHATMA GANDHI ON HIS 63RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY
2. CHIDLREN SINGING
3. A PLAQUE READING ‘THE PLACE OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S MARTYRDOM’
4. CHILDREN SINGING
5. INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH GETTING OUT OF A CAR
6. SINGH ARRIVING AT THE TRIBUTE CEREMONY
7. FOREIGN DIGNATARIES SITTING
8. SINGH WALKING
9. SINGH PAYING FLORAL TRIBUTE AT GANDHI’S MEMORIAL
10. FOREIGN DIGNATARIES
11. SINGH SITTING WITH OTHER LEADERS
12. CEREMONY IN PROGRESS
13. INDIA’S VICE PRESIDENT HAMID ANSARI PAYING HIS RESPECTS AT THE GANDHI’S MEMORIAL
14. CHILDREN SINGING
15. ANSARI SITTING NEXT TO SINGH
16. ANSARI
17. CHILDREN SPINNING YARN
18. CHILDREN SINGING
19. SINGERS SINGING GANDHIAN SONGS
20. CEREMONY IN PROGRESS
STORY: Top Indian leaders including Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and foreign dignitaries on Sunday (January 30) attended an all-religion prayer meeting in New Delhi to mark the 63rd death anniversary of father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Children from across the country sang hymns at the solemn ceremony held at the Birla House, the place where iconic Indian freedom struggle leader was assassinated.
Renowned singers paid their tribute by presenting the Gandhian songs at the ceremony.
Gandhi is regarded as a symbol of peace and nonviolence all across the globe. Many world leaders including Nelson Mandela and U.S president Barack Obama have acknowledged Gandhi as their source of inspiration.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi, pioneered the philosophy of nonviolent resistance to the British occupation of India. He was assassinated on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi by a Hindu radical.
