Gandhi Jayanti, October 2 is also marked as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Dubai:
The UAE’s iconic skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, lit up on Friday with a colorful LED show in honor of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, celebrating his 151st birthday.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Immortal words spoken by MahatmaGandhi, the father of the whole Indian nation. Burj Khalifa lights up with an LED show to honor his trip and celebrate his 151st birthday, ”Burj Khalifa’s official Twitter handle said in a tweet.
Previously, the Indian Consulate in Dubai presented its final event from The Address Downtown, against the backdrop of the iconic Burj Khalifa on the culmination of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth.
The Indian mission said in a tweet that the program began with Gandhiji’s popular bhajan “Vaishnava Jana”.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Immortal words spoken by #MahatmaGandhi, the father of the whole Indian nation. #Burj Khalifa lights up with an LED show to honor its trip and celebrate its 151st birthday. pic.twitter.com/AAgcDztrb8
– Burj Khalifa (@BurjKhalifa) October 2, 2020
Gandhi Jayanti, October 2 is also marked as the International Day of Non-Violence due to Gandhi’s non-violent strategy to help India gain independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
The officials of the consulate also organize a campaign of cleanliness in the premises of the mission. With the support of the Indian community, 151 trees will be planted at different sites to mark the occasion.
On the occasion of Gandhi’s 149th birthday in 2018, a special LED show on Burj Khalifa marked the start of the two-year program lineup of 150 years of Gandhian ideologies in the UAE. The special LED show was jointly organized by the Indian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, Indian Consulate in Dubai and Emaar Properties. Images of Gandhi and the Indian flag were shown on the world‘s largest LED-lit facade on the same day in 2019.
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