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What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

Ambedkar’s temple entry movement:

1. Ambedkar wanted to bring together all Dalits as a community who have suffered together.


2. It was a political movement that sought to end caste discrimination


3. He wanted to assert their right for access to public places.


4. He believed it was a huge discrimination to deny Dalits entry to the place of worship of their religion.


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