Navayana
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Navayāna, otherwise known as Navayāna Buddhism, Neo-Buddhism, and Ambedkarite Buddhism, refers to a school of engaged Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar
A Navayāna Buddhist shrine with Ambedkar's portrait and The Buddha and His Dhamma book. The photograph is on the event of the 50th Dhammachakra Pravartan Day.
Navayāna Buddhist flag
Ambedkar delivering a speech during mass conversion in Nagpur, 14 October 1956
B. R. Ambedkar
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly
Navayana
…Neo-Buddhism, and Ambedkarite Buddhism, refers to a school of engaged Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar B. R. Ambedkar. Its members describe the school as the "application of Buddhist principles for the welfare of the many." Ambedkar was an Indian lawyer, politician…
Ambedkar in the 1950s
In 1907, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar married his first wife, 9 year old Ramabai, in accordance with prevailing customs.
Ambedkar at Columbia University, c. 1916
Ambedkar (In center line, first from right) with his professors and friends from the London School of Economics (1916–17)