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Detailed explanation-1: -PM Modi addressed the summit laid out his vision for a ‘New India’. The 3rd edition of the 3-day festival “Words in the Garden” based on the life and ideology of Mahatma Gandhi was held at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gandhian ideology is the set of religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Mahatma Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later in India. Gandhian philosophy is not only simultaneously political, moral and religious, it is also traditional and modern, simple and complex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, satyagraha is based on personal purification. The Gandhian stress on purity as a criterion for political power is a great contribution to political thought. It is essential to employ pure means for serving a righteous cause.

Detailed explanation-4: -“True Education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sarvodaya means ‘progress of all’ or ‘Universal uplift’. Gandhi started this Sarvodaya movement, and people consider it an addition to his efforts in his non-violence movement. The main objective of this event was to establish a new India based on non-violence and love.