Tamil Nadu celebrated Gandhi Jayanthi with Governor R.N Ravi Chief Minister MK Stalin and leaders of various political parties paying floral tributes to the Father of the Nation on the occasion of his 155th birth anniversary on Wednesday.
Ravi garlanded the Statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi
day and paid floral tributes at Raj Bhavan.
Chief Minister MK Stalin, accompanied by his Cabinet Colleagues and government officials, garlanded Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at the Egmore Government Museum campus in the city and
paid floral tributes to a decorated portrait of the Father of the Nation.
An all religious prayer was held and bhajas were recited to mark the occasion.
Meanwhile, the Governor took part in the Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations at Gandhi Mandapam in the city in which school and college students and general public participated.
The Governor inaugurated the exhibition stalls of Khadi products and Ayurveda medicines from Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan (Chennai) and Gandhigram Trust (Dindigul), a Raj Bhavan communique said.