Gandhi Jayanti Drawing Competition 2020 : Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and it is one of the three national holidays of India.
The UN General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 October will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi Jayanti Drawing Competition 2020 :
Here are some simple DIY art and crafts to teach your children about Gandhi.
1. Learn to draw Gandhji in simple steps
2. Teach “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, with this monkey craft. Also teach children to “Think no evil”, “Do no evil” and “Tolerate no evil”!
3. Make a Charaka with popsicle sticks.
4. Gandhiji papercraft
5. Make Gandhi Spectacles
6. Make an Origami Gandhi Cap
7. Make Gandhi puppets with felt or fabric
8. Sculpt your own Gandhi with clay, play dough or polymer clay.
Background
Mahatma Gandhi, also known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, and died on January 30, 1948. He was a political and spiritual leader in India and played a key role in the Indian independence movement. Gandhi developed the novel technique of non-violent agitation, which he called "Satyagraha", loosely translated as "moral domination".
He is known for his non-violent civil disobedience in India and South Africa. These included the start of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 and the Salt Satyagraha or Salt (Dandi) March starting on March 12, 1930. Through Gandhi's efforts, India finally gained its freedom on August 15, 1947. The nation mourned for him after he was assassinated on January 30, 1948. The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Non-Violence is also held on October 2 each year to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday
Symbols
Three locations in India play important roles in the celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. These are:
1. The Martyr's Column at the Gandhi Smriti in New Dehli where Mahatma Gandhi was shot on January 30, 1948.
2. The Raj Ghat on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Dehli where Mahatma Gandhi's body was cremated on January 31, 1948.
3. The Triveni Sangam where the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati come together near Allahabad.
Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi
• "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
• "Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny."
• "The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses."
• "There is more to life than increasing its speed."
• "The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought."
• "I find a solace in the Bhagavad-Gita that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount. When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad-Gita. I find a verse here and a verse there , and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies -- and my life has been full of external tragedies -- and if they have left no visible or indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teaching of Bhagavad-Gita."
