To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an audio-visual extravaganza was premiered at the University of Witwatersrand’s Great hall in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday to spread the message of peace through his favorite songs.
The program was lauded by South Africans. Jeevan Ramjee, who looks after the Hall, said: “This is such an amazing show that it needs to have a performance at our Gandhi Hall in Lenasia”.
“This was a deliberate strategy to appeal to youth as we send out the universal message of peace and the values that Gandhi ji espoused, but we have found that even older people in the audience enjoyed the show,” said Bharghav Purohit from the music composer duo Bhargav-Kedar.
The program also witnessed an exhibition of 19 huge panels recalling Gandhi’s life and promotion of Gujarat, where he was born, as a tourist destination.
“We are delighted with the response here in Johannesburg and are currently negotiating several global venues to take the show there,” said curator Varun Sutaria, who set up the program with assistance from local events coordinator Anil Rambaran.
In India, Narendra Modi government is planning a string of events across the nation to mark 150th birth anniversary year of Mahatma Gandhi.
