Nagaloka Premises
Nagaloka has also been developed as a centre for interaction between Buddhist followers of Dr.Ambedkar, Buddhists from different backgrounds in India and Buddhist from abroad. Dr. Ambedkar saw Buddhism as a means of bringing about social change based on individual practice. However his followers come from the poorest and most socially deprived sections of Indian society and have little or no resources themselves. They are by and large isolated from other Buddhists in India and from the wider Buddhist world. In India this is due largely to the history and circumstances of their conversion. The cause of this isolation is due to poverty on their behalf which inhibits their travel to the wider Buddhist world and ignorance on the part of others due to lack of communication. As a result most of the newly converted Buddhistshave had little contact with other Buddhists. If they do experience positive contact with other Buddhists they have an enormous amount to gain from a sense of brother and sisterhood, and the confidence that that brings. Other Buddhists have just as much to gain from contact with them, in the figure and approach of Dr. Ambedkar, in his conviction that Buddhism could bring about a social revolution, and in the energy and inspiration of so many of his Buddhist followers. Every year Nagaloka has many visitors from abroad, especially from UK, Taiwan, Korea and Europe. Some of them come to attend festivals, others come to help teach the Dhamma.
Nagaloka is situated on a 15 acres campus just outside Nagpur. On the campus there are the following buildings, all designed combining modern architecture with the ancient Buddhist style.
