To commemorate the 147th Gandhi Jayanti, the Chuchuyimlang Village Council (CVC) organized two-day programme focusing on peace, universal brotherhood and sanitation.
To make cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of everyone and to inculcate these habits at a young age, a community sanitation drive was organized on October 1, where nine schools of Chuchuyimlang village and Chuchu town participated.
The day also witnessed a painting competition based on the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi where school children participated.
On October 2, a day-long function was held at the Anü Mai Amphitheatre at Chuchuyimlang Village. The occasion was marked by competitions on memory recital of Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite Bible verses and Christian Hymn singing.
Participants from all the schools, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology and Mahatma Gandhi Academy of Human Development took part in the competitions.
It may be mentioned that Chuchuyimlang has been celebrating Gandhi Jayanti since 1955, the year Nagaland Gandhi Ashram was established by the veteran Gandhian Padmashree Natwar Thakkar. Declaration of Gandhi Jayanti as the International Year of Non-violence by the United Nations General Assembly in the year 2006 was celebrated with pomp and gaiety in Chuchuyimlang. In 2014, the Christian Education Department of the Chuchuyimlang Baptist Church organized a mega event to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti. Since then, the Village Council declared Gandhi Jayanti as an official annual event of the village with different themes every year based on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.