India, Dec. 8 -- To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the 'Sardar@150' Rashtriya Ekta Padyatra, which began from Karamsad on 26 November, concluded at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar on 6 December after an 11-day march through parts of Anand, Vadodara and Narmada districts.

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan chaired the closing ceremony, which was attended by Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Ministers of State Raksha Khadse and Tokhan Sahu, and other elected representatives and officials.

Addressing the gathering, the Vice President described the Ekta Padyatra as a celebration o...