Air Forces Memorial - Indian National Emblems In Ceiling - Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka सत्यमेव जयते Truth Alone Triumphs

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The Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Emperor Ashoka the Great erected the capital atop an Ashoka Pillar to mark the spot where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma and where the Buddhist Sangha was was adopted as the National Emblem of India on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic. The memorial commemorates 20,000 airmen and airwomen of the Commonwealth Air Forces who, during the 1939-1945 War, died over north-western and central Europe, the British Isles, and the eastern Atlantic, while in any of the Air Forces Commands, and have no known grave.

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Size: 4680px × 4680px
Location: Egham Runnymede Surrey England
Photo credit: © wyrdlight / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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