President Obama Pays Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

US President Barack Obama lays a wreath on Gandhi Samadhi at Rajghat. President Obama reached the memorial of the Father of the Nation after being accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

US President Barack Obama signs the visitor's book at Rajghat.

At Rajghat, POTUS also planted a sapling.

US President Barack Obama presented a model of the Charkha at Rajghat in the presence of Minister-in-Waiting Piyush Goyal.

Here's what POTUS wrote in the guest book at Rajghat: What Dr Martin Luther King Jr said then remains true today - "the spirit of Gandhi is very much alive in India today. And it remains a great gift to the world. May we always live in his spirit of love and peace - among all people & nations" -Barack Obama, Jan 25, 2015