Tawang War Memorial at
Tawang in
Arunachal Pradesh is dedicated to the martyrs of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. The memorial is nestled among picturesque snow-capped peaks overlooking the imposing Tawang-Chu valley.
The 40-foot-high multi-hued war memorial to the unsung heroes is an imposing structure in a stupa design. It is locally called ‘Namgyal Chortan’ and has names of 2420 dead soldiers etched in gold on 32 black granite plagues. The memorial is flanked by two memorial halls – one housing the personal articles of the martyrs and the other used for sound-and-light show depicting their heroic deeds of the soldiers.
The war memorial was blessed by Dalai Lama, who sent Holy Scriptures and idols of Arya Avlokiteshwara and Lord Buddha personally blessed by him. These have been deposited in the vaults of the stupa.
