Aurangabad, May 28:
Tributes were paid to the great freedom fighter and patriot Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his birth anniversary. Associations like Savarkar Jayanti Sarvapakshiya Utsav Samiti, Savarkar Premi Mitramandal, Mi Pan Savarkar celebrated the anniversary.
The statue of Veer Savarkar at Samarthnagar chowk and its premises were decorated with flowers. Saffron flags were decked everywhere. Tributes were paid here on behalf of the Jayanti Utsav Samiti at 8 am. MLA Atul Save, MLC Ambadas Danve, former mayor Nandakumar Ghodele, Bapu Ghadamode, Sanjay Joshi, Sanjay Kenekar, samiti president Mithun Vyas, chief coordinator Sachin Wade Patil and others were present. In the afternoon, Jeevan Guru Bhogavkar gave an online lecture. In the evening, a lamps were lit at Savarkar Chowk in Samarthnagar on behalf of the utsav samiti.