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By glennington - Posted on September 5th, 2007

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Low-caste Indian Hindus convert to Buddhism in mass meet

By npsm18 - Posted on June 2nd, 2007

Tagged: Society • Buddhism • Hinduism • news • Religion • Broad prosperity • Better future

MUMBAI (AFP) - Thousands of low-caste Hindus seeking to escape the oppression of
India's rigid caste system on Sunday embraced Buddhism in a mass conversion.

Some 5,000 Dalits -- those at the bottom of the ancient religious hierarchy who were once known as untouchables -- converted to Buddhism […] Read More »

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