9 pm 9 minutes: Sai Tamhankar, Chinmay Mandlekar, Prarthana Behere and other celebs participate in PM Modi’s light-a-candle initiative

Amidst the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to people to light candles and diyas, or switch on torches or mobile phone flashlights, for nine minutes at 9 pm, to display the country’s “collective resolve” to defeat coronavirus.


Among those who were seen lighting up diyas included Marathi stars Sai Tamhankar, Sayali Sanjeev, Prarthana Behere, Chinmay Mandlekar, among others lit candles at 9 pm for 9 minutes on April 5.


Sharing a photo of himself holding a diya along with his son,

Chinmay

wrote "ज्यांना जन्म दिलाय त्यांना या अंधाराकडून प्रकाशाकडे न्यायचं आहे. जबाबदारीनं वागुया... सगळ्याच बाबतीत. #standunited #gocorona #जिंकूआणिजगू"


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