01104pab a2200193 454500 180718b2007 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bellwinkel Schempp, Maren From Bhakti to Buddhism: Ravidas and Ambedkar 2007 p.2177-183. 9 Jun Kanpur 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. Ambedkar, B.R. Ravidas Buddhism Economic and Political Weekly N 74256 74256 74256 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 42, Issue no: 23 AR74716 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR