Ambedkar honored Untouchable Bhakti saints while still rejecting the movement

Evidence

Despite his scepticism and rejection of the Bhakti movement and Bhakti saints, Ambedkar did recognise the agentive role of the ‘Untouchable’ Bhakti saints and dedicated The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchable (1948/1990) thus: “Inscribed to the memory of Nandanar, Ravidas, Chokhamela—three renowned saints who were born among the Untouchables, and who by their piety and virtue won the esteem of all.” Nandanar, however, was not a historical figure unlike Ravidas and Cokhamela. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1280

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities