Puducherry, Jan 30 (PTI) Lieutenant Governor K Kailashnathan and the Chief Minister N Rangasamy paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary on Thursday.

The event held at Puducherry Mahatma Gandhi statue. Speaker of territorial Assembly R Selvam, Ministers, legislators, officials and freedom fighters were among the others who paid homage.

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Students and staff of the Puducherry government-run Bharathiar Palkalaikoodam (a centre for performing and visual arts) presented devotional songs.

All those present at the venue stood in silence for a couple of minutes in memory of the Father of the Nation.

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