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Deekshabhoomi is a historical place in India where about 1,000,000 people were converted from Hinduism to Buddhism at a single moment on October 14, 1956. These people were people of lower classes who converted under the leadership of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Ambedkar felt that their human rights could only be protected as Bhuddists.

Deekshabhoomi is in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra in central India. It is an important tourist attraction.

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  • Twenty-two vows of Buddhism by Dr. Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi

    22 vows given by Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi

  • Ambedkar 2017 stamp of India

    Ambedkar and Deekshabhoomi on a 2017 postage stamp of India

  • Baba saheb

    Bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi

  • Dr. Ambedkar delivering speech during conversion

    Ambedkar delivering speech during mass conversion in Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, 14 October 1956.

  • The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in a group photograph, during his visit to Deeksha Bhoomi, at Nagpur, in Maharashtra

    The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in a group photograph, during his visit to Deeksha Bhoomi, at Nagpur, in Maharashtra.

  • Dikshabhumi

    Dikshabhumi

  • Inner side of Deeksha Bhoomi - Bodhisattva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar ashes urn after cremation in front of lord Buddha

    Inner side of Deeksha Bhoomi - Bodhisattva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar ashes urn (in glass) after cremation in front of the Buddha statue

  • Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoom Nagpur

    The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi

  • Deekshabhoomi, Monument of Buddhism

    Deekshabhoomi in night.

  • Dikshabhoomi on 'Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din' (Mass Conversion Ceremony Day) and 14 October

    Marathi Buddhists gather to Dhammachakra Pravartan Din celebration at Deekshabhoomi and a bhikkhu holds the Buddhist flag.

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