Nagpur (Deekshabhoomi)
Nagpur, in Maharashtra, India, is the site of Deekshabhoomi, where on 14 October 1956 B. R. Ambedkar publicly embraced Buddhism together with several hundred thousand followers, launching the mass Dalit Buddhist (Navayana) conversion movement. A large stūpa now marks the site.
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 1957
The Buddha and His Dhamma