India
Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp on Chaitya Bhoomi Mumbai on
14/4/2013. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister
Prithviraj Chavan released the commemorative postage stamp on Chaitya Bhoomi in
Mumbai on occasion of 122nd birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar.
Originally the site where the Chaitya Bhoomi is situated on the Dadar Chowpati
was late Seth Bhagoji Baloji Kir Cremetorium. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect
of Indian Constitution, was cremated here after his death on 6th December,
1956. This place was later converted into Chaitya Bhoomi which is a National
Monument.
Chaitya
Bhoomi is a place of pilgrimage to the Buddhists. It is square in shape with a
small dome divided into ground and mezzanine floors. In the square shaped
structure is a circular wall about 1.5 metres in height. In the circular area
are placed the bust of Dr. B. R. alias Babasaheb Ambedkar and a statue of
Gautam Buddha. The circular wall has two entrances and is furnished with marble
flooring. On the mezzanine floor there is a Stupa, besides the resting place
for Bauddha Bhikus. The Chaitya Bhoomi was inaugurated by the learned Smt.
Meerabai Yashvantrao Ambedkar, the daughter-in-law of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, on
December 5, 1971.
A large number of people from all over the country, unfailingly, visit the Chaitya Bhoomi, Dr Ambedkar’s Memorial, to pay homage on December six every year as well as on the Buddha Paurnima day.
