INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In order to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, known in India as the &father of the nation&, Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremasinghe together with the Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Taranjit Singh Sandhu unveiled a statue of Gandhi at the Temple Trees
premises this morning.Gandhi birthday is a major national holiday called Gandhi Jayanti, and it is marked with a prayer for peace,
ceremonies and events throughout the country.