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Dhammachakra Pravartan Day

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    27th Oct, 2020

Dhammachakra Pravartan Day (DhammaChakra Anupravartan Din) is a day to celebrate the Buddhist conversion of B. R. Ambedkar and approximately 600,000 followers in October 1956 at Deekshabhoomi on the occasion of Vijayadashami.

  • Dhammachakra Pravartan Day (DhammaChakra Anupravartan Din) is a day to celebrate the Buddhist conversion of B. R. Ambedkar and approximately 600,000 followers in October 1956 at Deekshabhoomi on the occasion of Vijayadashami.
  • It is primarily celebrated at Deeksha Bhoomi every year.
  • Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located at Nagpur city in Maharashtra where B. R. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism.
  • In buddhism, the Buddha’s first sermon is called Dharma Chakra Pravartana or the “Turning of the wheel of law”.
  • Budhha’s first sermon was delivered in a deer forest at Sarnath, north of Bodhgaya, where he had experienced enlightenment some weeks prior.

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