01035pab a2200157 454500008004000000100003000040245005000070260000900120300001600129362001000145520064400155650001900799650001200818650001300830773003400843180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBellwinkel Schempp, Maren  aFrom Bhakti to Buddhism: Ravidas and Ambedkar  c2007  ap.2177-183.  a9 Jun  aKanpur holds special importance for the dalit movement since it was the cradle of the Adi Hindu movement in Uttar Pradesh. This movement had a strong impact on dalits, especially in the years following Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism. This article examines how Ravidas became the most popular saint among the dalits in Kanpur and how the dalits accepted Buddhism in the 1980s. It also explains the emergence of Navayana Buddhism, which was conceptualised as the total rejection of Hinduism and was institutionalised with a temple and a Buddhist monk, a governing body of lay persons and a canon of public and private rites. - Reproduced.  aAmbedkar, B.R.  aRavidas  aBuddhism  aEconomic and Political Weekly