<span style="color: #000000;">Mahatma Gandhi's 153rd Birth Anniversary was celebrated throughout Tamil Nadu today. On this day, Governor R. N. Ravi and Chief Minister M. K. Stalin paid floral tributes to the portrait of the Mahatma at Chennai. State Ministers, MPs and MLAs and top officials of the Government also paid their floral tributes and participated in the all religious tribute.<br />''<br />''Mr Stalin participated at the Village Panchayat meeting at Pappapatti in Madurai symbolically pointing out Gandhi's belief in giving power to the grassroots.<br />''<br />''Governor R. N. Ravi inaugurated a special discount sale at Khadi Bhavan. He also inaugurated a photo and digital exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi in connection with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Dr. M. G. R. Bus Terminus at Koyambedu. He also flagged off the publicity vans on the life of Mahatma. He also released books on Mahatma published by the publication division during the occasion.</span><br />