Families spread across the nation bid their final goodbyes to the soldiers killed in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan area.
People gathered in large numbers to attend the last rites of the soldiers.
IMAGE: Family members of martyr Naik Dipak Singh mourn near his mortal remains during his funeral ceremony, at his native village in Rewa District of Madhya Pradesh. His elder brother lit the pyre during the last rites at village Faranda in Rewa district amid chants of "Long live Dipak Singh". Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Mamata Orang (C), mother, and Sakuntala Orang (L), sister of Rajesh Orang pay their respects during his funeral ceremony, at Belgoria village in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Orang was among the twenty Indian Army soldiers who were martyred during a face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan valley. Photograph: PTI Photo
SEE: Sepoy Rajesh Orang being laid to rest in Birbhum
IMAGE: Army personnel pay their respects to martyr Hawaldar Kundan Kumar Ojha near his mortal remains during his last rites, at his native place in Dehri Village in Sahibganj district. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Army jawans pay tribute to Naik Deepak Kumar, who was among 20 soldiers martyred in clashes with Chinese troops, at a ceremony at the Military Hospital in Prayagraj. Photograph: PTI Photo
SEE: Huge crowds gather to pay last tributes to Sepoy Jai Kishor Singh at his native village in Vaishali
IMAGE: Police and villagers pay their tribute to Rajesh Orang during his funeral ceremony, at Belgoria village in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Senior BJP leaders pay tribute to Indian Army soldiers martyred in a clash with Chinese troops at Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh, in Jammu. Photograph: PTI Photo
