MAHARASHTRA STATE

The Memorial Tower is 17.06 metres / 56 feet tall

Ted Judson : Architect

Ty Provosty : Architectural drawings, concrete design & the marble fixing system

Vaibhau & Vikram Joshi : Builders & General contractors

Kiran Trivedi : Provided the marble & plaque with Baba's message

Evie Lee : Made the prism in Shanghai

Shri Gopalakrisnan : Fabricated the steel

Paul Morris : Designed the lighting & lightning protection

Emory & Susan Ayers : Fundraising organisers

Nadia Wolinska : Designed & managed the spire's etching

Haidee & Michael Cooke : Laid out the lettered names on the marble.

Shelia Krynski : Lettering design

Hughie MacDonald : Assebled the spire & advised.

Jeff Lowe : Helped with everything.

Tim Garvin & Gary Lee : Inscribed the letters to the spire base.

White marble supplied from a quarry at the foot of Mt.Abu, Gujarat, India

Marble fabricated by the Trivedi Stone & Marble Corporation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Plinth basalt from the township of Vambori, 15 Kms west of Meherazad.

Pinnacle of the Tower is made of glass.

The same marble was used on the Dilwara Temple near Mt.Abu. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwara_Temples

CLICK ON THE MAP TO ENLARGE

The above map is from the book "Meherabad Walking Tour" guide, authored by Peter & Debbie Nordeen . The artwork was by Glenn Magrini and colour rendering by Anthony Zois, courtesy of AMB Trust in India.

CLICK ON ALL THE MAPS TO ENLARGE

6 MAIN RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS

CONSTRUCTION

Many of the images are courtesy of http://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/memorialTower.php

and http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/judys/110916-30.html

 also https://ambppct.org/memorialTower2.php

Check out the great article about the Memorial Tower in the new edition of

GLOW International - Spring 2020.           Website: www.belovedarchives.org

INAUGURATION  23rd December 2019

Meher Baba Himself laid the foundation for the Tower 75 years earlier, to the day, on December 23rd, 1944.

Meher Baba also had Adi K. Irani  read out a message specifying certain details regarding the construction of the tower.

Baba directed that the names of those who “served My Cause with unimpeachable integrity of character before dropping their bodies” be inscribed on the Tower.

https://newsite.ambppct.org/index.php/inauguration-of-the-memorial-tower-part-ii

Chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Trust - Shridhar Kelkar  officiated along with other speakers at the Inauguration of the Memorial Tower at Meherabad.  See images below of the event, also the video at the end of this web page.

GRAVES AT THE SITE

Click on the following names to visit their web pages on this web site.

FERAMOZ " CHANJI" H. DADACHANJI

RUSTOM "MASAJI" G. IRANI ( Baba's Uncle )

NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER

The following list of names was provided by Peter & Debbie Nordeen.

The colour coding and last page comments are from Anthony Zois.

In this following section I have tried to show images of the Westerners whose names were included on the Memorial Tower. Many are unknown persons who cannot be highlighted, presently.

An additional sections to showcase the Indian sub-continent persons will hopefully be added at some time in the future.

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AUSTRALIAN NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER

The following is from Anthony Zois.

Baron Momin von Frankenburg should also have been part of the following list.

THERE IS NO KNOWN IMAGE OF SAREPTA LAWRENCE PRESENTLY, OR A WEB PAGE.

AMERICAN NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER WITH WEB PAGES

The following is from Anthony Zois.

These following pages only showcase the Americans with web pages on this web site.

The following American names have no known image of presently, or web pages on this site.

MARGARET  SCOTT

SUSAN DIMPFL

AARON  SHAW

GLADYS  LOCKE

KENNETH  PATTERSON  ( ELIZABETH'S husband )

BURWELL  EVANS

MARY LOU  ROYS

MARY E.  BENTLEY

RUTH  HEIKES

RODHA  UTTERBUCK

HARRIET  FAIRCLOTH

KATE  FERRIS  - owner of the Scarsdale House, New York in 1952

ENGLISH NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER

CHRISTINE  Mc NAUGHTON     -   there is no known image of her

 Visit her web page :

https://www.meherbabatravels.com/his-close-ones/women/christine-mcnaughton/

The following English names have no known image of presently, or web pages on this website.

MADAM IDA POLLI

MS. LIEBE PUGH  ( 1888 - 1966 )

NORMAN FRANKLIN

LENA R. HARRIS

HERBERT STONE

MARGARET TREADWELL

MAY CLUSE -  sister of Kitty Davy

HELENA DAVY  ( 1860 - 1932 ) - mother of Kitty Davy

If you know of any information regarding these names please contact us through the Guestbook page.

EUROPEAN  NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER

The following European & Middle Eastern names have no known image of presently, or web pages on this website.

FRIEDA OBERHOLZER - Switzerland

MR. & MRS. OTTO BILLO - Switzerland

BERTHA KAUFMAN - Israel

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