The organising committee of the Golden Jubilee Dhamma Dhiksha Samaroh had invited His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa to Bhopal and he followed the invitation on November 20th, 2005. The SAMAROH 2005 commemorates the historic event of the acceptance of Buddhism by Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar along with a host of followers fifty years ago.

Together with the Indian Union Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Culture, Mr. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Gyalwa Karmapa was Guest of Honour at the conference.
About 900 delegates, mainly from India, attended the conference. Gyalwa Karmapa gave two speeches and together with the Organising Committee of the conference he led a Peace March with about 1000 participants through the city of Mumbai.