played songs like ae malik tere bande hum and humko mann ki shakti denacrores of people are doing it at the same time it has connected all of us in one thread we stand shouldertoshoulder in these times of crisis we are one india is one she saidin tamil nadu people lit up the traditional kamakshi lamps and kuthuvilakku besides the earthen lampsthe terraces of several buildings were lined up with endless rows of earthen lamps which was nothing short of a visual treatgovernor banwarilal purohit lit a candle after switching off lights of the raj bhavan here for nine minutes chief minister k palaniswami while maintaining distance lit an earthen lamp at his residencealso deputy chief minister k pannerselvam tamil nadu ministers including s p velumani and k pandiarajan lit lamps in their respective residences heresuperstar rajinikanth was among the celebrities who joined the symbolic event against the contagion and he held a candle in his poes garden residencemadhya pradesh chief minister shivraj singh chouhan lighted lamps in bhopal at some places people also raised slogans of bharat mata ki jaiin lucknow uttar pradesh chief minister yogi adityanath lit lamps at arranged in the shape of omprominent personalities such as ncp chief sharad pawar family of renowned singer lata mangeshkar actor amitabh bachchan as well as several oher actors and celebrities too responded to the pms call in maharshtrasome youths took out bike rallies in localities like bandra juhu and andheri flashing their headlightsmajor cities such as pune which is the major it hub in the state as well as aurangabad nashik nagpur also saw enthusiastic response from peoplethe overall death toll in the country due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 83 and the cases climbed to 3577 on sunday after 505 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours according to the union health ministryindia has been on a 21day lockdown from march 25 to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 65000 lives globally and inflicted over 12 lakh people since the pandemic first emerged in china in december