/ 0
His Holiness Inaugurates Dorjee Khandu Memorial Museum
By Bilaseng Namchoom
His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama also inaugurated the Dorjee Khandu Memorial Museum and the adjacent Jangchub Chorten here on Sunday in presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Parliamentary Secretary Jambey Tashi, local legislator Tsering Tashi, monks, officials and family members of Late Dorjee Khandu. The Dorjee Khandu Memorial Museum and the Jangchub Chorten, both in a sprawling and scenic complex, is designed as a personal history monument of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister late Dorjee Khandu, who passed away in a helicopter crash in April 2011 at the peak of his political career.
The museum is supported by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh with a grant of Rs. 1.8 crores, made during the visit of then Chief Minister late Jarbom Gamlin to attend the last rites of late Khandu. It was decided by the state government that an apt memorial be created in honour of late Khandu, under whom the state witnessed phenomenal growth and development.
