Dhammachakra Anuvartan Din or Dhammachakra Anuvartan Diwas (translation: '' Dhamma Wheel's Promulgation Day'') is a

Buddhist festival This is a list of holidays and festivals celebrated within the Buddhist tradition. Holidays *Vesak: The Buddha's birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year. It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the ...

in India. This is the day to celebrate the

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

acceptance of

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on t ...

and his approximately 3,80,000 followers on 14 October & 2,20,000 followers on 15 October 1956 at

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 of his followers, mainly Dalits, embraced Buddhi ...

Nagpur Nagpur (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Nāgapura'') is the second capital and third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. It is the largest and most populated city i ...

. Dhammachakra Anuvartan Din is a day when the architect of the

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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar renounced Hinduism and accepted Buddhism. It is primarily celebrated at Deeksha Bhoomi every year. Every year on Ashoka

Vijayadashami Vijayadashami (), more commonly known as Dassahra in Hindi, and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri, Navarahtri. It is ob ...

, millions of

s gather at

to celebrate the mass conversion. October 2016 marked the Every year, thousands of people convert to Buddhism on Dhammachakra Anuvartan Din and Ashoka Vijayadashami at Deekshbhoomi, Nagpur. Here in 2018, around 65,000 people and in 2019, 67,543 people converted to Buddhism.

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{{Buddhism topics Memorials to B. R. Ambedkar Buddhist festivals in India Buddhist holidays Navayana Buddhism in Maharashtra History of Vidarbha History of Nagpur

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