Gautama Buddha spoke of four holy sites that followers may seek. Lumbini birth place Sarnath (formally Isipathana) where he delivered his first teaching Bodh Gaya place of Enlightenment Kusinara (now Kusinagar, India) where he passed away Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimages include: Lhasa, capital of Tibet and traditional home of the Dalai Lama Mou ...

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Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage - Antiquity, Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith, Pilgrimage - Buddhism, Pilgrimage - Christianity, Pilgrimage - Hinduism, Pilgrimage - Islam, Pilgrimage - Hajj, Pilgrimage - Ziarah, Pilgrimage - Jainism, Pilgrimage - Judaism

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Kusinara. See KUSA-NAGARA

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Kusinara (Sanskrit). The city near which Buddha died. It is near Delhi, though some Orientalists would locate it in Assam.

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According to Sri Lankan legends, when the Buddha passed away, his body was cremated in a sandalwood pyre at Kusinara in India and his left canine tooth was retrieved from the funeral pyre by Arahat Khema. Khema then gave it to King Brahmadatte for veneration. Ever since then, it became a royal possession in Brahmadatte's country and there grew up a belief that whoever who possessed the Sacred Tooth Relic had a divine right to rule that land. Thus, there were wars to take possession of the Relic. Finally, in the 4th century CE, it was in the ...

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Relic of the tooth of the Buddha, Relic of the tooth of the Buddha - History, Relic of the tooth of the Buddha - Other tooth relics

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The Mallas are frequently mentioned in Buddhist and Jain works. They were a powerful people dwelling in Eastern India. Panduputra Bhimasena is said to have conquered the chief of the Mallas in course of his expedition of Eastern India. Mahabharata mention Mallas along with the Angas, Vangas, and Kalingas as eastern tribes. The Mallas were republican people with their dominion consisting of nine territories (Kalpa Sutra; Nirayavali Sutra), one of each of the nine confederated clans. Two of these confederations...one with Kusinara (modern Kasi ...

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Mahajanapadas, Mahajanapadas - Overview, Mahajanapadas - Kasi, Mahajanapadas - Kosala, Mahajanapadas - Anga, Mahajanapadas - Magadha, Mahajanapadas - Vajji or Vriji, Mahajanapadas - Malla, Mahajanapadas - Chedi or Cheti, Mahajanapadas - Vamsa or Vatsa, Mahajanapadas - Kuru, Mahajanapadas - Panchala, Mahajanapadas - Machcha or Matsya, Mahajanapadas - Surasena, Mahajanapadas - Assaka or Ashmaka, Mahajanapadas - Avanti, Mahajanapadas - Gandhara, Mahajanapadas - Kamboja

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A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. Secular and civic pilgrimages are also practiced, without regard for religion but rather of importance to a particular society. For example, many people throughout the world travel to the City of Wa ...

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• Pilgrimage - Antiquity
• Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith
• Pilgrimage - Buddhism
• Pilgrimage - Christianity
• Pilgrimage - Hinduism
• Pilgrimage - Islam
• Pilgrimage - Hajj
• Pilgrimage - Ziarah
• Pilgrimage - Jainism
• Pilgrimage - Judaism

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 - December 6, 1956) has been called the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. He was born in Mhow of Madhya Pradesh state in central India, the fourteenth child of parents who belonged to the very lowest stratum of Hindu society, known as Untouchables or Dalits. He helped spark a revival of Buddhism in India, a movement which is now known as neo-Buddhism. B. R. Ambedkar - Education. Ambedkar's father who hailed from the Ratnagiri district in Mah ...

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• B. R. Ambedkar - Education
• B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work
• B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability
• B. R. Ambedkar - Political career
• B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution
• B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism
• B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows
• B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views
• B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy
• B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie
• B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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While Ambedkar continued to participate in the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, and was to do so until the end of his life, from 1952 onwards Ambedkar's energies were increasingly devoted to other concerns. Ever since the 1935 Depressed Classes Conference, when he had shocked Hindu India with the declaration that though he had been born a Hindu he did not intend to die one, Ambedkar had been giving earnest consideration to the question of conversion. Further consideration made him increasingly convinced that there was no future for the Untouc ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie, B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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Pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the life, birth and crucifixion of Jesus. Surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land date from the 4th century, when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers like Saint Jerome. Pilgrimages also began to be made to Rome and other sites associated with the Apostles, Saints and Christian martyrs, as well as to places where there have b ...

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Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage - Antiquity, Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith, Pilgrimage - Buddhism, Pilgrimage - Christianity, Pilgrimage - Hinduism, Pilgrimage - Islam, Pilgrimage - Hajj, Pilgrimage - Ziarah, Pilgrimage - Jainism, Pilgrimage - Judaism

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While Ambedkar continued to participate in the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, and was to do so until the end of his life, from 1952 onwards Ambedkar's energies were increasingly devoted to other concerns. Ever since the 1935 Depressed Classes Conference, when he had shocked Hindu India with the declaration that though he had been born a Hindu he did not intend to die one, Ambedkar had been giving earnest consideration to the question of conversion. Further consideration made him increasingly convinced that there was no future for the Untouc ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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A memorial for Ambedkar has been established in Delhi (26 Alipur Road, Near IP College, Civil Lines, New Delhi - 110054). 26 Alipur Road is the house where Ambedkar spent most of his life since he moved to Delhi, and is also the place where he breathed his last. The memorial was opened after a prolonged struggle by Dalit groups, when finally the Government of India secured the house from Jindals who occupied the property. His birthdate is now a public holiday in India known as Ambedkar Jayanti. As a sign of respect, many Indians use t ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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A memorial for Ambedkar has been established in Delhi (26 Alipur Road, Near IP College, Civil Lines, New Delhi - 110054). 26 Alipur Road is the house where Ambedkar spent most of his life since he moved to Delhi, and is also the place where he breathed his last. The memorial was opened after a prolonged struggle by Dalit groups, when finally the Government of India secured the house from Jindals who occupied the property. His birthdate is now a public holiday in India known as Ambedkar Jayanti. As a sign of respect, many Indians use t ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie, B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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In 1947, India achieved independence and Ambedkar, who had already been elected a member of the Constituent Assembly, was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country, to join the Cabinet as Minister for Law. A few weeks later the Assembly entrusted the task of framing the Constitution to a Draft Committee, and this committee elected Ambedkar as its chairman. For the next two years, he worked on the Draft Constitution, writing it almost singlehandedly. Despite ill health, Ambedkar completed the Constitution by the beg ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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Ambedkar's father who hailed from the Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra had acquired a certain amount of formal education in both Marathi and English. This enabled him to teach his children, especially Bhimrao, and to encourage them in their pursuit of knowledge. In 1908, Ambedkar passed the matriculation examination. He was the first 'untouchable' from his community to do so [1]. Four years later, Ambedkar graduated with a B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Bombay University. Soon afterwards, he was awarded a scholarship to study abroad in return for his promise to serve Baroda Stat ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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Between 1927 and 1932, Ambedkar led his followers in a series of nonviolent campaigns to assert the right of the Untouchables to enter Hindu places of worship and to draw water from public tanks and wells. Two of these campaigns were of special importance: the campaigns against the exclusion of Untouchables from the Kalaram Temple in Nasik and from the Chowdar Tank in Mahad. Both of these involved tens of thousands of Untouchable satyagrahis or nonviolent resisters. Higher caste Hindus responded violently. The Chowdar Tank campaign, a ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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Ambedkar's father who hailed from the Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra had acquired a certain amount of formal education in both Marathi and English. This enabled him to teach his children, especially Bhimrao, and to encourage them in their pursuit of knowledge. In 1908, Ambedkar passed the matriculation examination. He was the first 'untouchable' from his community to do so [1]. Four years later, Ambedkar graduated with a B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Bombay University. Soon afterwards, he was awarded a scholarship to study abroad in return for his promise to serve Baroda Stat ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie, B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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Pilgrimage - Hajj. Pilgrimage to Mecca – the hajj – is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It should be attempted at least once in the lifetime of all able-bodied Muslims. In addition to that most of the Shiite Muslims undertake a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern part of Iran. Pilgrimage - Ziarah. Local Pilgrimage traditions - those undertaken as ziarah visits to local graves, are found throughout Muslim countries. In some countries, the gr ...

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Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage - Antiquity, Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith, Pilgrimage - Buddhism, Pilgrimage - Christianity, Pilgrimage - Hinduism, Pilgrimage - Islam, Pilgrimage - Hajj, Pilgrimage - Ziarah, Pilgrimage - Jainism, Pilgrimage - Judaism

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A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí in Northwest Israel. Bahá'ís do not have access to other places designated as sites for pilgrimage. Bahá'u'lláh decreed pilgrimage in His Motherbook (Kitáb-i-Aqdas) to two places: the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, Iraq, and the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran. In two separate Tablets, known as Suriy-i-Hajj, He prescribed specific rites for each of these pilgrimages (lifting the injunction regarding the shaving of one's head for ...

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Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage - Antiquity, Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith, Pilgrimage - Buddhism, Pilgrimage - Christianity, Pilgrimage - Hinduism, Pilgrimage - Islam, Pilgrimage - Hajj, Pilgrimage - Ziarah, Pilgrimage - Jainism, Pilgrimage - Judaism

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In 1947, India achieved independence and Ambedkar, who had already been elected a member of the Constituent Assembly, was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country, to join the Cabinet as Minister for Law. A few weeks later the Assembly entrusted the task of framing the Constitution to a Draft Committee, and this committee elected Ambedkar as its chairman. For the next two years, he worked on the Draft Constitution, writing it almost singlehandedly. Despite ill health, Ambedkar completed the Constitution by the beg ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie, B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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In Jainism, a tirtha may be Siddha kshetra: site of liberation of a Kevali (including Tirthankaras) like Ashtapad hill, Sammet Shikhar, Champa, Girnar, Pava and Shatrunjaya. Atishaya kshetra: where divine events have occurred like Mahavirji, Kesariaji, Kundalpur etc. Purana kshetra: associated with lives of shalaka-purushas, like Ayodhya, Vidisha, Hastinapur etc. Gyana kshetra: associated with famous Acharyas or centers of learning, like Mohankhe ...

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Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage - Antiquity, Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith, Pilgrimage - Buddhism, Pilgrimage - Christianity, Pilgrimage - Hinduism, Pilgrimage - Islam, Pilgrimage - Hajj, Pilgrimage - Ziarah, Pilgrimage - Jainism, Pilgrimage - Judaism

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