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India
1 pilgrimage site
Kusinara, India · 1949–1956
At the site of the Buddha's Parinirvana, Sangharakshita received his sramanera (novice monk) ordination from the aged U Chandramani in 1949 — and returned in 1956 to find U Chandramani just back from administering the Refuges to Dr Ambedkar at Nagpur.