World Watch
International Conference On Buddhism In Mumbai ; Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama To Attend
File Picture
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and prime ministers of Sri Lanka and Thailand will be attending `Dhamma Diksha’, an international conference on Buddhism to be held in Mumbai next month, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said .
As per report by PTI, The conference will be held at the sports stadium in Worli on December 15 and the Mahalaxmi Race Course on December 16, he told reporters .
After Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in Nagpur on October 14, 1956, he had planned to organise a Dhamma Diksha conference in Mumbai, but he passed away on December 6 that year, Athawale said.
