Bhadanta Pragyanand: The last surviving Sri Lankan monk who converted 'Baba Saheb' to Buddhism

April 14, 2016 10:24

On 14th April, when the nation is celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar '" the chief architect of Indian Constitution, the spotlight is back on a 90-year-old monk who converted him to Buddhism.

Bhadanta Pragyanand, the 90-year-old Buddhist monk who is bed-ridden, is the only surviving monk among the seven priests who witnessed the spiritual makeover of Dr Ambedkar on October 14, 1956.

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