President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh led the nation in paying homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 63rd death anniversary today. The leaders paid rich floral tributes at Gandhiji's Samadhi Rajghat in the Capital. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, central ministers, leaders of various political parties and people from different walks of life also paid tribute to the apostle of peace at his memorial. An all religion prayer meeting was also held at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi where Gandhiji fell to assassin’s bullets. Vice President and the Prime Minister along with several other leaders attended the meeting. A two minute silence was observed on AIR during news bulletin from 11 AM to 11.02 AM to mark the Martyrdom Day. AIR correspondent reports that around 500 school children paid musical tributes by singing various devotional songs including Gandhiji's favourite Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram at Gandhi Smriti today. During the Prarthana Sabha, the famous Wadali brothers Ustaad Puranchand and Ustad Pyarelal Wadali also paid homage to the father of the nation by presenting qwaalli bhakti sangeet and Ram Dhun. Hundreds of people gathered at the Smriti observed a two minute silence at exactly 17 minutes past five, the time Gandhiji took his last breath. The phenomena called Gandhiji still rules our hearts and minds. Albert Einstein rightly said Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood.A multi-faith prayer service was also organised with religious leaders of Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Bahai, Christianity, Jainism, Jewish, Parsi and Sikhism participating in the programme.