Passengers of the Bharat Gaurav Ambedkar Yatra train on Sunday visited Deekshabhoomi, a historic place in Maharashtra’s Nagpur where B R Ambedkar had embraced Buddhism, officials said. The special tourist train that is taking passengers to cities associated with the social reformer across the country was on Friday flagged from Delhi marking his 132nd birth anniversary. The train reached Indore and then the birth place of Ambedkar in Mhow on April 15 where the passengers paid tribute to the architect of the Constitution.
In Mhow, the passengers gathered in the memorial hall of the Bhim Janmabhoomi and discussed the life, struggles etc. of Babasaheb Ambedkar. The train reached Nagpur on Sunday morning where the tourists visited Deekshabhoomi and Dragon Palace, the Tourism Ministry said in a statement here.
