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Urban UtopiasA Modern Chakravartin: Mayawati’s New Buddhist Visual Culture

Urban Utopias: A Modern Chakravartin: Mayawati’s New Buddhist Visual Culture [In the early 2000s, Mayawati, the dalit Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India, commissioned dozens of monumental architectural and sculptural memorials commemorating social reformers from her caste. This essay examines how the architectural and sculptural programs in two memorials—the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal, in Lucknow, and the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida—create inclusive dalit utopias and announce Mayawati’s worth to lead her political party. Among Mayawati’s strategies in these memorials is appropriation from ancient Indian Buddhist art and performances of kingship. These appropriations are apt as many dalits embrace the faith for its messages of anti-casteism and widely held belief that the members of the community were among India’s first Buddhists.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Urban UtopiasA Modern Chakravartin: Mayawati’s New Buddhist Visual Culture

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Kuldova, Tereza; Varghese, Mathew A.
Bose, Melia Belli
Urban Utopias — Mar 10, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-47622-3
Pages
139 –167
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-47623-0_8
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Abstract

[In the early 2000s, Mayawati, the dalit Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India, commissioned dozens of monumental architectural and sculptural memorials commemorating social reformers from her caste. This essay examines how the architectural and sculptural programs in two memorials—the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal, in Lucknow, and the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida—create inclusive dalit utopias and announce Mayawati’s worth to lead her political party. Among Mayawati’s strategies in these memorials is appropriation from ancient Indian Buddhist art and performances of kingship. These appropriations are apt as many dalits embrace the faith for its messages of anti-casteism and widely held belief that the members of the community were among India’s first Buddhists.]

Published: Mar 10, 2017

Keywords: Indian Constitution; Indian House; Buddhist Monk; Chief Minister; Bronze Statue

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