Commemorating 155th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka H.E. Santosh Jha paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi by garlanding his bust at Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo in the morning of 02 October 2024. Following the ceremony, the High Commissioner called on the Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
The bust was a gift from India in 2019, commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The 42 inches-tall bronze bust of Gandhiji in meditative pose was sculpted by Padma Bhushan Awardee Ram Vanji Sutar. Sutar also has to his credit the world’s tallest bronze statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Kevadiya, Gujarat.
