What is Deekshabhoomi?
[[File:Diksha Bhumi.jpg|thumb|Deekshabhoomi]] '''Deekshabhoomi''' is a historical place in India where about 1,000,000 people were converted from [[Hinduism]] to [[Buddhism]] at a single moment on October 14, 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.ambedkar.org/Babasaheb/lifeofbabasaheb.htm |title=Life of Babasaheb Ambedkar |work=ambedkar.org |access-date=1 October 2010 }}</ref> These people were people of lower classes who converted under the leadership of Dr. [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]]. Ambedkar felt that their human rights could only be protected as Bhuddists. Deekshabhoomi is in the city of [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]] in central India. It is an important tourist attraction. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Buddhism]] [[Category:Hinduism]] [[Category:B. R. Ambedkar]] [[Category:Maharashtra]] [[Category:Buddhist temples]]