Rajnath performs 'Shastra Puja' in Tawang

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday celebrated Dussehra with Army soldiers at a forward base in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang.

The defence minister also performed "Shastra Puja" (worship of weapons) on the occasion, officials said.

Singh's



celebration of Dussehra with the soldiers at the strategically important location close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) comes at a time India and China have been engaged in a bitter standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh for over three years.