New Delhi, March 30 -- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Sunday visited Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur to pay respects to Mahatma Buddha and Babasaheb Ambedkar, who embraced Buddhism with thousands of his followers here in 1956.

He accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

"Visited Deekshabhoomi today with PM Narendra Modi and paid homage to Lord Gautam Buddha and Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar," Gadkari posted on X.

Gadkari also paid homage to RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Golwalkar.

"In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the most revered Sarsanghchalak Mohanrao Bhagwat, today at the Hedgewar Smriti Mandir, I paid homage to the memory ...