Heritage walks and rallies marked the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations in the NTR and Krishna districts on Thursday.
Patriotic fervour reverberated at Gandhi Hill in the city as hundreds of students and NCC cadets along with officials and elected representatives marched towards the Gandhi Stupa atop the hill as part of the Heritage Walk under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi, former Minister and local MLA Velampalli Srinivasa Rao, Municipal Commissioner Swapnil Dinakar Pundakar and others inaugurated a photo gallery arranged in the planetarium at the foot of the hill.
Later, led by the march past by NCC cadets from Atkinson Sr. Secondary School, hundreds of students from municipal schools, officials, corporators and others took part in the walk up to the Gandhi Stupa where the national flag was hoisted.
