Shaurya Sandhya, motorcycle display kick off Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorations

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participated in the event and also handed a ceremonial kalash to some of the family members of the personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the conflict.

The ceremony was also attended by Ladakh LG V K Saxena, Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, among other senior officers of the force, besides several military veterans.

A band of Ladakh Scouts played patriotic songs such as "Maa Tujhe Salaam" , and later guests took part in lighting candles near the obelisk of the main memorial.