Ambedkar Museum to come up at Amaravati

Posted on 02 Jan 2016

The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to set up a grand museum in memory of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Amaravati to mark the late leader’s 125th birth anniversary.

The government wants to attract chiefly national and international tourists to Amaravati, especially from Southeast Asian countries, where Buddhism flourishes, by setting up a memorial for Dr. Ambedkar who became a Buddhist in later years.

The memorial would come up on a 15-acre plot close to the mammoth Buddha statue to mark the 66th year of the adoption of Indian Constitution drafted by Dr. Ambedkar.

The memorial would house an international research centre, library and a study circle for the Dalits to draw inspiration from the life and history of Dr. Ambedkar.