Dharma Chakra Day 2021

• 26 Jul 2021

• On ‘Asaadh Poornima’ (July 24) Dharma Chakra Day 2021 was observed.
• Dharma Chakra Day commemorates Buddha's first sermon to his first five ascetic disciples at the Deer Park, Rsipatana in the present day Sarnath near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• The day is also celebrated by Buddhists all over the world as the day of Dharma Chakra Parvattana or "Turning of the Wheel of Dharma".
• This day is also aptly observed as Guru Poornima by both Buddhists and Hindus as a day to mark reverence to their gurus.
• Note: Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din is observed on 14 October to commemorate the day when B. R. Ambedkar, embraced Buddhism with approximately 600,000 of his followers on Ashoka Vijaya Dashami on 14 October 1956 at Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur.