Deekshabhoomi

Deekshabhoomi, also written as Deeksha Bhoomi, is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located in Nagpur city in the state of Maharashtra in India; where B. R. Ambedkar with approximately 400,000 of his followers,[1] mainly Dalits, embraced Buddhism on Ashoka Vijaya Dashami on 14 October 1956.

[3][4] Deekshabhoomi is in Nagpur, Maharashtra, a location regarded as a sacred place, prernabhoomi (inspiring land) of social revolution being atheist and a preparations for social actions against class conflicts, discrimination, inequality also the first pilgrimage center of Ambedkarite Buddhism in India.

His final religious act was to embrace Buddhism and envisioned making India The Buddhist nation a prabuddha Bharat[5] Today, the largest stupa in the world is erected in his memory at the site.

[7][8] Nagbhumi, which is ancient place region where majority peoples of clan Nagvanshi survived and strongly followed Buddhas teachings now in Maharashtra state of democratic republic nation India.

[14] After this declaration and having extensively and exhaustively studied the doctrines of all the major world religions, Dr. Ambedkar would choose Buddhism for himself and his followers.

[14] Buddhism was 2,550 years old in 1956, so it was a notable year of celebration for the Buddhist religious world globally and 14 October was the traditional date of conversion of Emperor Ashoka, the great Indian Buddhist Monarch and the day is celebrated as Ashok Vijaya Dashmi.

On 14 October 1956, Dr. Ambedkar and his wife took the oath of Three Jewels and Five Precepts from the Burmese monk Mahasthavir Chandramani from Kushinagar.

The committee decided to build a stupa at the place as a monument of that ceremony and a mass conversion of people to Buddhism.

Arya Bhadant Surai Sasai is the president of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Deekshabhoomi Memorial committee, Nagpur.

The doors open in large arcs, which are decorated with Ashok Chakras, and statues of horses, elephants, and lions.

[30] Deeksha Bhoomi hosts a memorial to Ambedkar and has been graded an A-class tourism and pilgrimage site by the Government of Maharashtra.

The books of few crore rupees in different languages are sold in a single day, this makes Deekshabhoomi a unique place in the world.

The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi
22 vows given by Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi
Ambedkar and Deekshabhoomi on a 2017 postage stamp of India
Bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi
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.
Deekshabhoomi
Inner side of Deeksha Bhoomi - Bodhisattva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar ashes urn (in glass) after cremation in front of the Buddha statue
The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi
The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi
Buddha's statue is outside of Deeksha Bhoomi stupa
Deekshabhoomi in night.
Marathi Buddhists gather to Dhammachakra Pravartan Din celebration at Deekshabhoomi and a bhikkhu holds the Buddhist flag .