The occasion was marked by a cleanliness drive and the garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi's statue and photograph of Lal Bahadur Shastri in the Supreme Court compound.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and a Charkha installation, as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation on his Jayanti, at Civil Secretariat in Srinagar today.
Taking to X, French Ambassy in India said, “On #GandhiJayanti, Ambassador-designate Thierry Mathou and everyone at the Embassy pay tribute to the Mahatma and the values of peace, tolerance and non-violence that he staunchly upheld. Gandhiji is deeply admired in France, as reflected in statue
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami garlanded the statue of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th birth anniversary at Dehradun's Gandhi Park on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. 'Long live Mahatma Gandhi, Long live India', slogans were raised during the occasion.
As the 10-day festival came to an end on Thursday, various Ganesh mandals in Mumbai began processions to immerse the deity's statues amid the banging of drums and chanting of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya.’
Parshuram Kund pilgrim centre in Arunachal Pradesh is being renovated by the Ministry of Culture and a tall statue of Lord Parshuram will be installed there in an attempt to develop it as a major Hindu pilgrimage centre.
Unveiling a 72-ft statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in the national capital on his 107th birth anniversary on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the figure carved from stone would remind people of the need to ensure "honesty" in politics.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday paid tribute to Bharatiya Jan Sangh founding member Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his 107th death anniversary by offering flowers at his statue at Charbagh.
Speaking to ANI, Mohammed Siddique, a a resident of Ram Nagar in Hyderabad said, "We have been installing the idol of Lord Ganesh religiously for the past 18 years in Ramnagar. All the people in the area belonging to Muslim, Sikh and Christian communities takes part in the celebrations."
The statue of Adi Shankaracharya is based on Mandhata mountain in Omkareshwar. Khandwa Collector Anoop Kumar Singh said that the awe-inspiring multi-metal sculpture stood on a 54-foot-high pedestal and had a height of 108 feet.