To observe the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi a four day grand event will be organised at Bharat Bhavan. The event Gandhi Parv will begin from October 2. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
The event will be start on 2 October as the Chief Guest Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath and the inauguration session will be presided over by the Culture Minister of the State Vijayalakshmi Sadho.
It is noteworthy that in the five-day 'Gandhi Parv' ceremony, art programs, singing, playing, release programs of Gandhi-centric books, magazines, drama, dastangoi, singing of the posts of Ashram Bhajnavali, dance-drama will be organised.
It is to be noted that Mahatma Gandhi had visited various places in Madhya Pradesh many times during the independence movement and his arrival has intensified the national consciousness along with the cultural consciousness in Madhya Pradesh.
Four performances including National Mahatma Gandhi Samman, inauguration programme and dance-drama 'Tana-Bana' choreographed by Geeta Chandran will be held on October 2 to mark the opening day.
On October 3 Vidya Shah will give a spectacular performance. On October 4, there will be performances of dance-drama 'Pir Parai Jaane Re ...' and 'Suraj Geet'. On October 5, singing of Ashram Bhajnavali posts, Gandhi songs and Vaishnav bhajans etc. will be presented.
On the closing day of the ceremony, on October 6, there will be a presentation of 'Dastan-e-Gandhi' and drama 'Pratham Satyagrahi'.
All these programmes are free for art lovers. Apart from Bharat Bhavan, programmes will also be held to commemorate Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary at Ravindra Bhavan, Swaraj Art Gallery, Iqbal Maidan, State Museum, MP Tribal Museum, Shaurya Smarak. The Gandhi Parv, full of diversity will be observed as a public festival in Madhya Pradesh.