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{{short description|Buddhist monument at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India}}
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'''Deekshabhoomi''' is a sacred monument of [[Navayana|Navayana Buddhism]] located at [[Nagpur]] city in [[Maharashtra]] state of [[India]], where [[B. R. Ambedkar]],<ref name=PHILIP>{{cite news|last=Philip|first=A. J.|title=Warriors of the faith|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/spectrum/main1.htm|access-date=30 June 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=13 November 2005}}</ref> embraced Buddhism with approximately {{formatnum:600000}} of his followers mainly scheduled caste peoples on Ashoka Vijaya Dashami<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=jaibhimambedkar&e=com|title=HugeDomains.com - JaibHimAmbedkar.com|website=www.hugedomains.com}}</ref> on 14 October 1956.<ref>This was Ambedkar's own figure given by him in a letter to [[Devapriya Valishinha]] dated 30 October 1956. ''The Maha Bodhi'' Vol. 65, p.226, quoted in [http://www.sangharakshita.org/_books/Ambedkar_and_Buddhism.pdf Dr. Ambedkar and Buddhism] by [[Sangharakshita]].</ref><ref name=GAUTAM>{{cite web|last=Gautam|first=C|title=Life of Babasaheb Ambedkar|url=http://www.ambedkar.org/Babasaheb/lifeofbabasaheb.htm|publisher=Ambedkar Memorial Trust|access-date=1 July 2013|location=Milan House, 8 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DA|date=May 2000}}</ref> Ambedkar revived [[Buddhism in India]]. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism is deeply significant for millions of people in India.<ref name=Ramesh>{{cite news|last=Ramesh|first=Randeep|title=Untouchables embrace Buddha to escape oppression|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/14/india.randeepramesh|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 October 2006|location=Hyderabad}}</ref> According to the 2011 India census, more than 87% of the total Buddhist population in India are Ambedkarite Buddhists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/dalits-who-converted-to-buddhism-better-off-in-literacy-and-well-being/745230/|title=Dalits who converted to Buddhism better off in literacy and well-being: Survey|date=2 July 2017}}</ref><ref>Peter Harvey, ''An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices'', p. 400. Cambridge University Press, 2012, {{ISBN|978-052185-942-4}}</ref><ref>''The New York Times guide to essential knowledge: a desk reference for the curious mind''. Macmillan 2004, page 513.</ref><ref name="thequint.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/06/17/dalits-converting-to-buddhism|title=Dalits Are Still Converting to Buddhism, but at a Dwindling Rate|date=17 June 2017|website=The Quint}}</ref>

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 every year,<ref name=COLLECTOR /> especially on ''[[Dhammachakra Pravartan Day|Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din]]'' ie Samrat Ashoka vijaya dashmi ("Mass Conversion Ceremony Day")<ref name=LELYVELD>{{cite book|last=Lelyveld|first=Joseph|title=Great soul Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India|year=2011|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|location=New York|isbn=978-0307595362|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatsoulmahatma0000lely/page/210 210]|url=https://archive.org/details/greatsoulmahatma0000lely|url-access=registration|quote=Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din.|edition=1st}}</ref> 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 envisioned making India The Buddhist nation a prabuddha Bharat<ref name=COLLECTOR>{{cite web |title=Places to Visit |url=http://nagpur.nic.in/zpnagpur/English/Tourism1.htm |publisher=District Collector Office, Nagpur Official Website |access-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521005841/http://nagpur.nic.in/zpnagpur/English/Tourism1.htm |archive-date=21 May 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> Today, the largest ''[[stupa]]'' in the world is erected in his memory at the site.<ref name=BHAGWAT>{{cite news|last=Bhagwat|first=Ramu|title=Ambedkar memorial set up at Deekshabhoomi|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-12-19/mumbai/27228796_1_dr-ambedkar-narayanan-smarak-samiti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083900/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-12-19/mumbai/27228796_1_dr-ambedkar-narayanan-smarak-samiti|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2013|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=19 December 2001}}</ref><ref name=MALIK />

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]].

''[[Diksha|Deeksha]]'' literally means 'act of ordaining'<ref name=SHABDAKOSH>{{cite web|title=दीक्षा or dīkṣā|url=http://www.shabdkosh.com/hi/translate?e=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE&l=hi|publisher=SHABDKOSH™ English Hindi Dictionary|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> and ''bhoomi'' means the 'ground'.<ref>{{cite web|first=Digital Dictionaries of South Asia|title=Bhummi|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pali&query=bhummi&matchtype=exact&display=utf8|publisher=University of Chicago|access-date=30 June 2013|author=The Pali Text Societies Pali-English Dictionary}}</ref> ''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.<ref name=PHILIP /> 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]].<ref name=RAO>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Anupama|title=The caste question: Dalits and the politics of modern India|year=2009|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley, CA|isbn=978-0520257610|page=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDRiJ3HZVPQC&q=Dalit+conversion+at+Nagpur%E2%80%99s+diksha-bhumi}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Dalit Buddhist movement|Navayana}}
Dr. Ambedkar had declared in 1935 that although he was born as a [[Hindu]], he would not die as one,<ref name=FRANCES>{{cite web|last=Frances|first=Pritchett W.|title=Dr. Ambedkar's Life – and beyond|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1930s.html|publisher=Columbia University New York, NY : Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> as conversion was the solution to abandon the [[Caste system in India|caste system]].<ref name=JAFFRELOT>{{cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|title=Dr Ambedkar and untouchability: analysing and fighting caste|year=2001|publisher=C. Hurst|location=London|isbn=1850654492|pages=119–142|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIIJkaJo4z4C&pg=PA119|edition=Revised|access-date=30 June 2013|chapter=The 'solution' of conversion}}</ref> 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.<ref name=JAFFRELOT />

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.<ref name=QUEEN>{{cite book|last=Queen|first=Christopher S|title=Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia|year=1996|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=1438416644|page=12|chapter=Introduction: The shape and sources of Engaged Buddhism}}</ref> He selected [[Nagpur]] for his conversion ceremony, as he explained in his speech at that occasion, because Nagpur was the homeland of 'Nag' people who embraced Buddhism, supported it with great efforts in its early period, and propagated it throughout [[India]].<ref name=WHYWAS>{{cite web|last=Frances|first=Pritchett W.|title=Why Was Nagpur Chosen?|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/txt_ambedkar_conversion.html#03|publisher=Columbia University New York, NY|access-date=1 July 2013|location=Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies}}</ref><ref name=NAIK>{{cite book|last=Naik|first=edited by Y. Sudershan Rao, G. Bhadru|title=Buddhism and modern society|year=2008|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8184500592|page=57|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mx1uyV_qiGQC&pg=PA57|chapter=Buddhism: The way to world peace in Modern Society}}</ref> Ground near the [[List of localities in Nagpur#Central Nagpur|Ramdaspeth]] area in Nagpur was selected for the ceremony.

On 14 October 1956, Dr. Ambedkar and his wife took the oath of [[Three Jewels]] and [[Five Precepts]] from the [[Buddhism in Burma|Burmese monk]] Mahasthavir Chandramani from [[Kushinagar]].<ref name=SANGHA /><ref name=MAREN>{{cite book|last1=Bellwinkel-Schempp|first1=Maren|title=Reconstructing the world : B. R. Ambedkar and Buddhism in India|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi [u.a.]|isbn=0195665295|pages=221–244|url=http://www.maren-bellwinkel.de/artikel/ambedkarbuddhism.pdf|editor1-last=Beltz|editor1-first=Johannes|editor2-last=Jondhale|editor2-first=Surendra|access-date=30 June 2013|chapter=Roots of Dr.Ambedkar Buddhism in Kanpur}}</ref> Dr. Ambedkar then gave the oath of [[Three Jewels]], Five Precepts, and [[22 Vows]] to his thousands of followers.<ref name=SANGHA>{{cite book|last=Sangharakshita|title=Ambedkar and Buddhism|year=2006|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=8120830237|pages=127–138|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-b2EzNRxQIC&pg=PA127|edition=1st South Asian|access-date=30 June 2013|chapter=The Great Mass Conversion}}</ref> In this way, Nagpur became the birthplace of [[Dalit Buddhist movement|Neo Buddhist movement]].<ref name=MALIK>{{cite news|last=Malik|first=Ashok|title=Celebrating a unique city|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020317/spectrum/main5.htm|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=17 March 2002|agency=The Tribune Trust|location=India}}</ref>

Dr. Ambedkar died on 6 December 1956, one and a half months after the ''Deeksha'' ceremony. However, this ceremonial conversion continued after his death, converting 15-20 million by March 1959.<ref name=Sangharakshita>{{cite book|last=Sangharakshita|title=Ambedkar and Buddhism|year=2006|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=8120830237|pages=162–164|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-b2EzNRxQIC&pg=PA162|edition=1st South Asian|chapter=After Dr.Ambedkar}}</ref> After his death the 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Deekshabhoomi Smarak Samiti' (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Deekshabhoomi Memorial committee) was organized for the management of Deekshabhoomi. 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.<ref>[https://nmp1toi.indiatimes.com/india/dr-ambedkars-deekshabhoomi-would-continue-to-motivate-crores-of-indians-pm-modi/articleshow/58181376.cms]{{dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/vidarbha-emerge-champions-in-state-level-disabled-cricket-tournament/articleshow/74542159.cms|title=vidarbha beat rest of maharashtra: Vidarbha emerge champions in state-level disabled cricket tournament | Nagpur News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Architecture==
===Construction===
Deekshabhoomi is spread over four acres of significant land in the city.<ref name=PHILIP /> The stupa was designed by architect [[Sheo Dan Mal]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Dr Ambedkar memorial architect Sheo Dan Mal passes away| work =OneIndia |date = 25 January 2007 | url =http://news.oneindia.in/2007/01/24/dr-ambedkar-memorial-architect-sheo-dan-mal-passes-away-1169695243.html | format =Web |access-date = 5 January 2009}}</ref> In 1968, construction started with residential houses for monks, later on P/G College. Construction of the stupa started in July 1978, but it took a long time to finish.<ref name=BSNL>{{cite web|title=CEE MH E-Z Nagpur |url=http://www.maharashtra.bsnl.co.in/ssa/CEENAGPUR/CEE%20Regions/Nagpur%20Division.html |publisher=Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd |access-date=1 July 2013 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The stupa was inaugurated on 18 December 2001 by the President of India [[K. R. Narayanan]].<ref name=BHAGWAT />

===Stupa===
It comprises a large two storied hemispherical buildings with gates resembling a [[Sanchi|Sanchi gate]].<ref name=PHILIP /> Five thousand monks can stay in each storey.<ref name=BSNL /> The design of the stupa at Deekshabhoomi is based on the architecture of the world famous stupa of [[Sanchi]].<ref name=KALINGA>{{cite news|last=Seneviratne|first=Kalinga|title=Hope for India's 'broken' Buddhists|url=http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA16Df03.html|access-date=2 July 2013|newspaper=Asia Times|date=16 January 2009|agency=Asia Times Online (Holdings), Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004032329/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA16Df03.html|archive-date=4 October 2014|url-status=unfit}}</ref> But unlike the stupa of Sanchi, Deekshabhoomi stupa is completely hollow inside.<ref name=MALIK /><ref name=JAMES>{{cite web|last=Lochtefeld|first=James G.|title=Sanchi Stupa--A World Heritage Site|url=http://personal.carthage.edu/jlochtefeld/buddhism/sanchi/intro.html|publisher=Religion, Carthage College|access-date=1 July 2013|location=Religion Dept., Carthage College, 2001 Alford Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140}}</ref><ref name=BEHL>{{cite journal|last=Behl|first=Benoy K.|title=Harmony set in stone|journal=THE HINDU; Frontline|date=8–21 September 2007|volume=24|issue=18|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2418/stories/20070921505506600.htm |access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Heritage Sites - Sanchi|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_sanchi.asp|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|access-date=2 July 2013}}</ref> It is the largest hollow stupa among all Buddhist stupas in the world.<ref name=MALIK /> The inner circular hall is spread across 4000 square feet<ref name=PHILIP /> with granite, marble and Dholpur sandstone used in its construction.<ref name=BSNL />

On the ground floor, there is a 211 x 211 feet large square hall. At the center of this hall, an image of [[Buddha]] is placed. This image was donated to Deekshabhoomi by [[Thai people|Thai]] students studying at [[Nagpur University]]. There is a library and a photo exhibition of the events in the lives of Gautama Buddha and Ambedkar.

Above the hall, there is a hollow dome. This dome is surrounded by a veranda. On all four sides, fountains are placed. Above the dome, there is a small slab and a little decorative umbrella. The stupa has doors facing four directions. The doors open in large arcs, which are decorated with [[Ashok Chakra]]s, and statues of horses, elephants, and lions.

Around the stupa, there is a garden that is maintained by the [[Nagpur Improvement Trust]].<ref name=NIT>{{cite web|title=Gardens|url=http://nitnagpur.org/gardens.html|publisher=Nagpur Improvement Trust|access-date=1 July 2013|location=Nagpur|quote=Deeksha Bhoomi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824150023/http://www.nitnagpur.org/gardens.html|archive-date=24 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Statues of Ambedkar and images of Gautama Buddha are in front of the stupa.

===Vihar and the Bodhi Tree===
In front of the stupa, on the right hand side, there is a [[Vihara|Buddha Vihara]] with a bronze image of Buddha.
Besides the Vihara, there is the [[Bodhi Tree]]: a sacred fig tree. This Bodhi Tree was planted at Deekshabhoomi from three branches of the Bodhi Tree at [[Anuradhapura]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. [[Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan]] brought these branches from Sri Lanka as a memorial of Buddha's enlightenment.<ref>Lella Karunyakara, ''Modernisation of Buddhism: Contribution of Ambedkar and Dalai Lama XIV'', page 175, {{ISBN|81-212-0813-0}}</ref>

==Tourism==
Deeksha Bhoomi hosts a memorial to Ambedkar and has been graded an A-class tourism and pilgrimage site by the [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Deekshabhoomi-gets-Grade-A-tourist-spot-status/articleshow/51299194.cms|title=Deekshabhoomi gets Grade A tourist spot status | Nagpur News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/maha-govt-approves-grade-a-status-to-deekshabhoomi-at-nagpur-569219-2016-03-07|title=Maha govt approves grade A status to Deekshabhoomi at Nagpur|date=March 7, 2016|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/nagpur-news/maharashtra-govt-approves-grade-a-status-to-deekshabhoomi-at-nagpur-1212251/|title=नागपूरची दीक्षाभूमी आता 'अ' वर्ग पर्यटनस्थळ|date=8 March 2016}}</ref> Deekshabhoomi is famous for its architectural beauty and historical importance. It is one of the main centers of [[tourism in India]].<ref name=COLLECTOR /> Every year, thousands of tourists visit Deekshabhoomi, especially on the anniversary of the conversion ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |title =Thousands visit Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur |work =[[The Hindu]] |date=7 December 2006 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/07/stories/2006120708281200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518101225/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/07/stories/2006120708281200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2012| format =Web| access-date = 5 July 2008}}</ref> On Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din, thousands of compact cassettes of Ambedkar, Ambedkar movement and Buddha songs are sold at Deekshabhoomi. The books of few [[crore]] rupees in different languages are sold in a single day, this makes Deekshabhoomi a unique place in the world.<ref name="बुद्धाकडे जनता वळे">{{cite news|title=बुद्धाकडे जनता वळे, भीमा तुझ्या जन्मामुळे...|url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5441296735929232215&SectionId=15&SectionName=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD&NewsDate=20121026&NewsTitle=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87,%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87...|access-date=7 August 2013|newspaper=Sakal|date=26 October 2012|agency=The Sakal Group|location=Nagpur|language=mr|quote=आंबेडकरी चळवळीच्या, बुद्ध आणि भीमगीतांच्या हजारो कॅसेट्‌स एका दिवशी खरेदी होतात. पुस्तकांच्या तीनशेपेक्षा जास्त स्टॉल्सवर खरेदीसाठी झुंबड उडते. मराठीसह हिंदी, इंग्रजी भाषांतील पुस्तकांची दरवर्षीची विक्री सर्वांनाच ठाऊक आहे. परंतु, यावर्षी दक्षिणेतील तमीळ, कानडी भाषांतील पुस्तकांचे स्टॉल लावण्यात आले. याशिवाय श्रीलंकेतील सिंहली भाषेतील बुद्धाचे साहित्य यावर्षी खरेदीसाठी होते. कोट्यवधीची पुस्तकखरेदी एका दिवशी होणारे दीक्षाभूमी हे जगातील एकमेव ठिकाण आहे, हे विशेष.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031415/http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5441296735929232215&SectionId=15&SectionName=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD&NewsDate=20121026&NewsTitle=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87,%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87...|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Foreign tourists come mainly from the Buddhist countries such as [[Japan]] and [[Thailand]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}

==Literature==
*Special issue of ''Lokrajya'', the publication of Govt. of [[Maharashtra]] on silver jubilee of 1956 ceremony.
*Deeksha, Special issue of ''[[Sakaal|Daily Sakaal]]'' in October 2005
*[https://archive.today/20130807132635/http://epaper.esakal.com/esakal/20121012/5124424489431515836.htm "दीक्षाभूमी'चा भूखंड आवळेबाबूंच्या संघर्षाचे फलित ]

==See also==
* ''[[The Buddha and His Dhamma]]''
* [[Surai Sasai|Bhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai Sasai]]
* [[Chaitya Bhoomi]]
* [[Dalit Buddhist Movement]]
* [[Deekshabhoomi Express]]
* [[Global Vipassana Pagoda]]
* [[Statue of Equality]]

==Deekshabhoomi picture gallery==
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File:Twenty-two vows of Buddhism by Dr. Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi.jpg|22 vows given by Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi
File:Ambedkar 2017 stamp of India.jpg|Ambedkar and Deekshabhoomi on a 2017 postage stamp of India
File:Baba saheb.jpg|Bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi
File:Dr. Ambedkar delivering speech during conversion.jpg|Ambedkar delivering speech during mass conversion in Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, 14 October 1956.
File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in a group photograph, during his visit to Deeksha Bhoomi, at Nagpur, in Maharashtra.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] in a group photograph, during his visit to Deeksha Bhoomi, at Nagpur, in Maharashtra.
File:Dikshabhumi.jpg|Dikshabhumi
File:Inner side of Deeksha Bhoomi - Bodhisattva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar ashes urn after cremation in front of lord Buddha.jpg|Inner side of Deeksha Bhoomi - Bodhisattva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar ashes urn (in glass) after cremation in front of the Buddha statue
File:Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoom Nagpur.jpg|The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi|alt=The Bodhi Tree at Deekshabhoomi
File:Lord Buddha's statue in Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur.jpg|thumb|Buddha's statue is outside of Deeksha Bhoomi stupa
File:Deekshabhoomi, Monument of Buddhism.jpg|thumb|Deekshabhoomi in night.
File:Dikshabhoomi on 'Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din' (Mass Conversion Ceremony Day) and 14 October.jpg|[[Marathi Buddhists]] gather to [[Dhammachakra Pravartan Day|Dhammachakra Pravartan Din]] celebration at Deekshabhoomi and a bhikkhu holds the Buddhist flag.
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==References==
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