Gandhi Jayanti: A tribute to ‘Father of the Nation’

Children dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a program to pay their respect to the leader of Indian freedom struggle, in Moradabad. (PTI Photo)

Updated on: Oct 2, 2015 3:45 PM IST

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Children dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a program to pay their respect to the leader of Indian freedom struggle, in Moradabad. (PTI Photo)

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi pays tribute at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, Rajghat, on the occasion of his birth anniversary, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

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A man works to make a ‘pandal’ in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at Churchgate, Mumbai. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)

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School children celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ,in Jammu. (Nitin Kanotra/ HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, on his 146th birth anniversary, in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI Photo)

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Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo creates a sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi, ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, at golden sea beach of Puri . (PTI Photo)

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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was among the scores of political leaders who visited Rajghat to pay their tributes to the ‘Father of the Nation’ on Gandhi Jayanti. (PTI Photo)

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Photographs of Mahatma Gandhi are on display during an exhibition at the Jor Bagh metro station in New Delhi, India. The images are archives of Kulwant Roy, put together by India Photo Archive Foundation. (Saumya Khandelwal/ HT Photo)

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A butterfly flutters as an Indian labourer showers water onto a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti at Gandhi Park in the eastern city Bhuabenswar . Gandhi Jayanti is also observed as International Day of Non-Violence and is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 annually. (AFP Photo)