In a simple and beautiful ceremony in December 1944, Beloved Meher Baba laid the foundation of His Memorial Tower. On this historic occasion, Baba had read out the names of all those who would be inscribed on the "tower of glory".  As each name was read, Baba placed a flower into the graves of His beloved disciples Masaji and Chanji, their tomb being the very foundation of the tower itself.

While the graves were being covered, Baba too threw in some earth, as did each of His lovers gathered for the occasion. Picking up the last few rose petals, He scattered them on top of the graves and said, "For all my future lovers to come."

Afterwards, Adi K. Irani read Baba's Message of The Memorial Tower of Meherabad. It is an extraordinary message. It is in this Message that the purpose of the tower can be gathered. 

"While the world is feverishly occupied with the vanishing things of the moment, there always are those who gain true perspective of life, through the grace of the Master … (those) who serve My Cause with unimpeachable integrity of character … who set aside all thoughts of the self and make their life an offering to the divine and imperative cause of the Master. …

"A visible memorial like a tower, which symbolizes their life of unfailing loyalty and love can itself become a medium for inspiring the generations to come. …"

Meher Baba has directed in His Message that the emblems of all the important religions of the world be placed on the tower.  "The tower will be in memory of men belonging to different religions and will in fact represent the fundamental unity of all the great world religions. … The tower shall thus be a silent proclamation of the unity of all religions. …" 

Moreover, Baba used the flowers symbolically. "The putting of all these flowers in the same foundation is intended to emphasize the Truth that, though the bodies of these devotees were different, they were all part of one eternal and indivisible soul. …" 

Eruch Jessawala has said of the Tower, "We can see that the purpose of the Memorial Tower from Baba's Message is to inspire future generations toward living a life of surrenderance, and at the same time proclaiming the unity of all religions and the unity of the spirit." (extract from the 122nd Meeting of the Board of Trustees, 2001) 

The tower is presently being constructed on the land consecrated by Baba, bestowing on that sacred ground, in His words, "… a reservoir of inspiration and power for posterity. …"

Courtesy of Suzan Iimura for Avatar Meher Baba Trust, 5 March 2015

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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 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.

# 43 : FERAMOZ " CHANJI" H. DADACHANJI

# 8 : 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.

Please note : Burwell Evans is marked in the above list as # 300, this should read as # 301.

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 MS. SAREPTA LAWRENCE # 288 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.

# 130  MARGARET  SCOTT

# 208  SUSAN DIMPFL

# 209  AARON  SHAW

# 210  GLADYS  LOCKE

# 287  KENNETH  PATTERSON  ( ELIZABETH'S husband )

# 301  BURWELL  EVANS

# 302  MARY LOU  ROYS

# 303  MARY E.  BENTLEY

# 304  RUTH  HEIKES

# 305  RODHA  UTTERBUCK

# 306  HARRIET  FAIRCLOTH

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

ENGLISH NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL TOWER

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

# 293  MADAM IDA POLLI

# 266  NORMAN FRANKLIN

# 297  LENA R. HARRIS

# 298  HERBERT STONE

# 299  MARGARET TREADWELL

# 307  MAY CLUSE -  sister of Kitty Davy

# 333  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.

# 286  FRIEDA OBERHOLZER - Switzerland

# 290  MR. & MRS. OTTO BILLO - Switzerland

# 300  BERTHA KAUFMAN - Israel

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