BJP MLC Shashil Namoshi talks about Gandhi Jayanti celebrations in Kannada Bhavan in Kalaburagag on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“The principle of non -violent promoted Gandhi to the status of Mahatmy not only in India, but around the world,” said Shashil G. Namoshi, a member of the SHASHIL G. Namoshi, while on Thursday he dealt with the 156th anniversary of Mahatmy Gandhi in Kalaburagag.
In Kannada Bhavan in the city was organized an event that organized the district administration, Zilla Panchayat, the Ministry of Information and Public Relations, Kalaburagi City Corporation, District Kannada Sahity Parishat and Bharat Seva Dal.
The celebrations included special lectures on Gandhian philosophy, an inter -school essay competition for Gandh, distribution of the winners and recital for prayer and harmony.
Namoshi remembered Gandhi’s struggle in South Africa for more than two decades before returning to India in 1915, and said that Gandhi had linked the nation and conducted the struggle for freedom with the power of truth and non -violent.
“That’s why he is worshiped as the father of a nation,” he said. He also honored the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastrrim, whose birth anniversary also decreases on October 2 and commemorates his iconic call by Jawan, Jai Kisan.
Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum, along with representatives of people and higher officers, paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on Thursday on their anniversary birth in Kalaburagag. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Savita B. Nasi, who lectured a special lecture lecturer from the government of the PU College, Jewargi, stressed that Gandhi’s vision of Gram Swaraj lives through Panchayati Raj.
She said that Gandhi’s insistence on simplicity, honesty and truth remains relevant today.
“The real freedom comes when women feel safely midnight. But today crimes against women grow at an alarming pace. We have to explore whether it is freedom that the Gandhi dreamed of,” she said.
The program began with MLA Allamaprabu inaugurates the event Garlanding by portraits of Gandhi and Shastri, and later with the presence of money awards to the winners in the essay.
Before the event, officials, including deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum, Police Commissioner SD SharanAppa, Superintendent Police AddRur Srinivasalulu and Commissioner City Corporation Avinash Shinde paid honors in Gandhi’s statue near the town hall.
The assembly also witnessed the prayer of all vortex, where the leaders of Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Sikh communities offered recitation and underlook Gandhi’s ideal of communal harmony.
The artists of the leadership of Sridhar Hosamani sang Gandhi’s favorite songs of Bhajan and harmony that closed Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram and the national anthem.
Nine students from secondary schools, universities in front of the university, university and postgraduate levels who excelled in the essay competition have received money prices and certificates.
The event was attended by higher officials, writers, social workers and students.
Published – October 2, 2025 20:04
