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This story is from October 16, 2018

From China to Canada, artists perform rendition of Bapu's 'Vaishnava Jana To'

The performances are part of government’s initiative to mark Mahatma's 149th birth anniversary in various parts of the world. 'Vaishnava Jan To' has gone global with artists from more than 124 countries contributing musically to pay homage to Gandhi through the 'bhajan'
From China to Canada, artists perform rendition of Bapu's 'Vaishnava Jana To'
Key Highlights
  • The performances are a part of the government’s initiative to mark Mahatma's 149th birth anniversary in various parts of the world
  • 'Vaishnava Jan To' has gone global with artists from more than 124 countries contributing musically to pay homage to Gandhi through the 'bhajan'
NEW DELHI: Singers from more than fifteen countries performed a rendition of Bapu's famous "Vaishnava Jana To" song to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 149th birth anniversary.
The videos of some of the performances were posted by Prime minister Narendra Modi on his Twitter account.
The famous 'bhajan' has gone global with artists from more than 124 countries contributing musically to pay homage to Gandhi through the 'bhajan'.

Popular Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali was one of the artists from over 120 countries who sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan "Vaishnava Jan to". He said he took it up as he thought it would be a good way to melt the ice between his home country and India.
All Indian missions abroad identified local artists or a group to record the 'bhajan' in the run-up to Gandhi Jayanti.
China

Canada

Cameroon

Hungary

Brunei

Algeria

Botswana

Pakistan

Bolivia

Bhutan

Serbia

Bahrain

Azerbaijan

Autralia

Armenia

Russia

Argentina

Senegal

On the 149th birth anniversary of the Mahatma earlier this week, Prime Minister Modi launched a medley version of the popular 'bhajan' by artists from over 40 countries, during the closing ceremony of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Conference.


Earlier this month, PM Modi had shown Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting India, a video of a rendition of Mahatma's bhajan by a Russian artiste on a mobile phone.
A clip of Modi showing the video to Putin, during the lunch hosted by the Prime Minister for the Russian president, was posted by Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar.

The famous Gujarati hymn was penned by the 15th-century poet Narsimha Mehta and was one of the favourite 'bhajans' of Mahatma Gandhi who included it into the roster of prayers routinely sung before his meetings, it said.
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