In Pics: India's Triumphant Paralympic Athletes Return Home To Rousing Reception

The supporters and families of India's triumphant Paralympic athletes thronged the airport for a glimpse of the heroes who returned India to a rousing reception and thunderous applause on Monday. Photo: PTI

By the end of Paralympics 2020, India managed to sign off with unprecedented 19 medals -- country's best-ever campaign in history of Paralympics. Photo: PTI

India's Paralympic athletes returned with five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals, finishing 24th in the overall tally on Sunday. Photo: PTI

The last batch of Indian para athletes, who returned home this evening were the badminton contingent, shooters and recurve archery team. Photo: PTI

Among the medal-winning para athletes who returned to a grand welcome were 19-year-old Lekhara, who won a gold and bronze, gold winning shuttlers Pramod Bhagat, and Krishna Nagar, silver-medallist Yathiraj, bronze-medallist Manoj Sarkar, and triumphant shooters Singhraj Adana and Manish Narwal among others. Photo: PTI

The para athletes were received by Haryana Sports Minister and former hockey player Sandeep Singh, officials of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), besides a swarm of fans among others. Photo: PTI

The Tokyo-returned para athletes are scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Earlier, silver medal winning table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel also returned to the country in the morning along with other athletes and officials. Photo: PTI