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context_page_description: Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located at Nagpur city in Maharashtra state of India; where the architect of the Indian Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, embraced Buddhism with approximately 600,000 his followers mainly sheduled caste peoples on Ashoka Vijaya Dashami on 14 October 1956. Ambedkar revivaled Buddhism in India. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism is deeply significant for millions of people in India.
  Deekshabhoomi is in Nagpur, Maharashtra, a location regarded as a sacred place, prernabhoomi 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. Millions of pilgrims visit Deekshabhoomi everday and every year, especially on Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din ie Samrat Ashoka vijaya dashmi and 14 October, the memorial day when B.R.Ambedkar embraced and converted to Buddhism here. His final religious act was to embrace Buddhism and visioned to make India The Buddhist nation A prabuddha Bharat Today, the largest stupa in the world is erected in his memory at the site.
context_section_description: Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located at Nagpur city in Maharashtra state of India; where the architect of the Indian Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, embraced Buddhism with approximately 600,000 his followers mainly sheduled caste peoples on Ashoka Vijaya Dashami on 14 October 1956. Ambedkar revivaled Buddhism in India. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism is deeply significant for millions of people in India.
  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. Millions of pilgrims visit Deekshabhoomi everday and every year, especially on Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din ie Samrat Ashoka vijaya dashmi ("Mass Conversion Ceremony Day") and 14 October, the memorial day when B.R.Ambedkar embraced and converted to Buddhism here. His final religious act was to embrace Buddhism and visioned to make India The Buddhist nation A prabuddha Bharat Today, the largest stupa in the world is erected in his memory at the site.
  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.
  Deeksha literally means 'act of ordaining' and bhoomi means the 'ground'. Deekshabhoomi means the ground where people got ordained as Buddhist. This religious mass conversion at one place was the first ever of its kind in history. Deekshabhoomi is one of two places of considered to be of great importance in the life of Ambedkar, the other being Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai.
caption: Deekshabhoomi Stupa
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