On Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his 150th  birth anniversary. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi also paid homage to the father of the nation at his iconic memorial.
PM Modi also took to Twitter to celebrate the virtues of Mahatma Gandhi, who led our nation to freedom, riding a path of non-violence, and said the birth anniversary of Gandhiji is a wonderful opportunity to come together and fulfill his dreams.
The president, the vice president and the prime minister also visited Vijay Ghat Tuesday morning to pay tributes to our former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary.
President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted "Remembering our former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri ji on his birth anniversary. His integrity, wartime leadership and role in the shaping of the Green Revolution remains an inspiration for the entire country #PresidentKovind."
PM Modi also paid homage at the Vijay Ghat and tweeted, "Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji epitomised strength and simplicity. He led India at a crucial time and worked hard to make our nation more prosperous."
An inter-faith prayer ceremony was also organised to promote the spirit of peace, amity and communal harmony to encourage Mahatma's principles of 'Sarva Dharma Sambhav'.
The prayer began with a four-minute-long Buddhist chant followed by prayers of Bahai and Christian faith, in that order. The Christian prayers then segued into slokas from the Hindu scripture and invoking of values espoused in Islam, symbolising communal harmony that Gandhi always asked people to practice in letter and spirit.
It was then followed by five-minute-long Gita Paath, Gandhi Vichar (Gandhian Thoughts). A seven-minute bhajan was next and the session was rounded up with soulful renditions of Vaishnav Janato and Ram Dhun.
