The main ceremony of the 70th Dhammachakra Pravartan Din will be held at Deekshabhoomi at 5.30 pm today, commemorating Gautama Buddha’s teachings and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s historic conversion to Buddhism. The programme will be presided over by Bhante Arya Nagarjuna Surei Sasai, President, Deekshabhoomi Smarak Samiti. Bhante Dr T Dhamma Ratan of France, Vice-President, International Council of United Nations Day of Vesak, and President, Prakunt Buddhist Academy, France; and Bhante Vanna Siri Mahathero of Myanmar will attend as chief guests. Adv Shailesh Narnaware of the High Court, Bhante Karunakaran from Delhi and Jigme Sultrim Mahathero from Bengaluru will also be present as special guests. Narnaware, who is representing a party in the Mahabodhi Mahavihara case pending before the Supreme Court, will brief followers on the case’s current status and the next stages of legal proceedings. The Smarak Samiti will also provide information about the ongoing beautification work at Deekshabhoomi being undertaken through the Nagpur Improvement Trust.