A report on Dalit Buddhist movement and Maha Bodhi Society

The Buddhist Movement for Dalits was begun by Ambedkar when he converted with his followers in 1956 in Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur
Interior of the Dharmarajika Chetiya Vihara of the Maha Bodhi Society, College Square, Kolkata, official opening on 26 November 1920.
Ambedkar delivering a speech to a rally at Yeola, Nashik, on 13 October 1935
Inside view of the Maha Bodhi Society
Ambedkar delivering speech during conversion, Nagpur, 14 October 1956
Headquarters, Maha Bodhi Society of India, Chatterjee Street, Kolkata. October 2014.
Statue of B.R.Ambedkar inside Ambedkar Park, Lucknow
Lawrence Dundas, Lord Ronaldshay and Governor of Bengal (1917-22) presents the Buddha relic which had been discovered 1892 in Battiporolu to Ashutosh Mukherjee, then Vice Chancellor of Calucatta University, acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and President of the Mahabodhi Society, Calcutta to be enshrined in the newly opened Dharmarajika Chetiya Vihara on College Square. Morning of 26th Nov. 1920 on the steps of Government House, Calcutta.
Flag symbolises Dalit movement in India.
The temple as it appeared in the 1780s
Deekshabhoomi Stupa in Nagpur where Ambedkar converted to Buddhism.
Mahabodhi Mulagandhakuti Buddhist Temple at Sarnath
Mulagandhakuti fresco by Kosetsu Nosu
The night view of Sarnath's Mulagandha Kuty Vihara
Ven. P Seewalee Thero, the current General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India at an event in Sarnath.

The Maha Bodhi Society renewed interest in Buddhism, and spawned the Ladakh Buddhist Association, All Assam Buddhist Association, and Himalayan Buddhist Society, as well as laying the grounds for the Dalit Buddhist movement.

- Maha Bodhi Society

Efforts to revive Buddhism in India began in the 19th century, such as with the efforts of Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala who founded the Maha Bodhi Society.

- Dalit Buddhist movement
The Buddhist Movement for Dalits was begun by Ambedkar when he converted with his followers in 1956 in Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur

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