Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s former premier Goh Chok Tong today jointly unveiled a
plaque to pay tribute at the immersion site of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes at
the waterfront Clifford pier in the city-state.
Over 250 members of
Indian diaspora led by Singapore’s Emeritus Minister Goh Chok Tong
joined the ceremony at the pier, 70 years after a part of the Mahatma’s
ashes were immeresed in the Singapore water with a plane showering
flowers and petals.
Modi, who is here on the last leg of his three-nation tour, unveiled the plaque on the seafront where some of the Mahatma’s ashes were immersed in 1948. “Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and I unveiled a plaque marking the site where Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes were immersed at the Clifford Pier in Singapore,” Modi tweeted. “Bapu’s message reverberates globally. His thoughts and ideals motivate us to work for the greater good of humanity,” he said.
Beautiful renditions of ‘Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye’ and ‘Raghupati
Raghav Raja Ram’, two favourite bhajans of Mahatma Gandhi, were sung on
the occasion. “Beautiful musical presentation by Singaporean artists on
local instruments of ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ – another favourite
bhajan of Mahatma at Clifford Pier in the presence of Prime Minister
Modi,” Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
After Gandhi’s death in 1948, his ashes were sent to various parts of
India and the world, including Singapore, for immersion
Modi, who is here on the last leg of his three-nation tour, unveiled the plaque on the seafront where some of the Mahatma’s ashes were immersed in 1948. “Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and I unveiled a plaque marking the site where Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes were immersed at the Clifford Pier in Singapore,” Modi tweeted. “Bapu’s message reverberates globally. His thoughts and ideals motivate us to work for the greater good of humanity,” he said.
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