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Arunachal Pradesh remembers Dorjee Khandu

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Press Trust of India Itanagar

The people of Tawang paid rich tribute to Khandu by marching 7km from Tawang Monastery to his cremation ground at Famla.

About nine thousand people gathered at Tawang monastery this morning and participated in the march, official sources informed.

Earlier at the Monastery, the abbot of Tawang monastery, Guru Rimpoche addressed the gathering and urged them to remember the visionary deeds of Khandu which ushered in an era of prosperity in the state.

He along with monks from Tawang monastery offered prayers for early rebirth of the departed soul in 'Monyul' Tawang.

At the cremation ground, 108 butter lamps were alighted by senior monks and public.

 

A three-day-long ritualistic puja which was initiated by Gyalsay Rimpoche and other senior monks at the private residence of Khandu from April 28 last to mark the first death anniversary of the departed soul ended today.

The Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) observed his first death anniversary at Raj Bhawan here in presence of all the members with great honour, a communiqu

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First Published: Apr 30 2012 | 6:15 PM IST

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