Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite devotional song Vaishnava Jan To has gone global with artists from over 124 countries having contributed musically in paying homage to him through the ‘bhajan’. On the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a version of the song at the closing ceremony of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Conference. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti were present.
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