Ahmedabad: Sarvadharma prayer meeting was organized at Sabarmati Ashram on Friday on the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. Only a few people attended the event due to the coronavirus epidemic. Ashram director Atul Pandya said that in view of the epidemic, the residents of the ashram attended a prayer meeting organized in a limited number of premises. ” Significantly, the ashram is closed to visitors due to the epidemic.
Mahatma Gandhi lived in this ashram from 1997 to 1930 and it was closely associated with the freedom struggle of the country. It is managed by the Sabarmati Ashram Conservation and Memorial Trust. Pandya said, “It has been our old tradition that a Sarvadharma prayer is organized on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
On normal days citizens and students are invited to it. ” He said, “But this time due to the corona virus only a few people living in the ashram were allowed to attend the prayer,” Pandya said that Covid-19 rules and social distance were followed during the prayer and no other event is scheduled on Friday. He said that the prayer was broadcast live on the website of the Trust so that others could connect through digital medium.
