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[[File:Bhagwandas Patel.jpg|thumb|Bhagwandas Patel at Ahmedabad National Book Fair, November 2018|upright=0.7]]
[[File:Bhagvan dash Patel.jpg|thumb|Bhagwandas Patel at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust]], February 2018]]{{Short description|Gujarati folklorist}}
'''Bhagwandas Patel''' (born 19 November 1943) is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] folklorist(લોકસાહિત્યકાર) who pioneered research into Gujarat's tribal literature<ref>{{cite book |title=A study in tribal literature of Gujarat |last=Yājñika |first=Hasu |page= |year=2004 |publisher=Nayan Suryanand Loka-Pratishthan |oclc=61253720 }}</ref> and brought the state's oral literature to the attention of the literary community.<ref>{{cite book |title=A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence |authorlink=G. N. Devy |last=Devy |first=G. N. |page=81 |year=2006 |publisher=[[Orient Longman]] |isbn=978-81-250-3021-8 }}</ref>  In 1995, he compiled the first published tribal version of the ''[[Ramayana]]'', ''Bhili Lokakhyan: Roam Sitma ni Varatathe'', the ''Ramakatha'' of the [[Bhil]] people.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Joshi |first=Aruna Ravikant |year=2009 |title=Fieldwork Report: The Dangi Ramakatha:An Epic acculturated? |journal=Indian Folklore Research Journal |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=13–37 |url=http://www.indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFRJ/article/view/235/241 }}</ref>
'''Bhagwandas Patel''' (born 19 November 1943) is an Indian folklorist who pioneered research into [[Gujarat]]'s tribal literature<ref>{{cite book |title=A study in tribal literature of Gujarat |last=Yājñika |first=Hasu |page= |year=2004 |publisher=Nayan Suryanand Loka-Pratishthan |oclc=61253720 }}</ref> and brought the state's oral literature to the attention of the literary community.<ref>{{cite book |title=A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence |authorlink=G. N. Devy |last=Devy |first=G. N. |page=81 |year=2006 |publisher=[[Orient Longman]] |isbn=978-81-250-3021-8 }}</ref>  In 1995, he compiled the first published tribal version of the ''[[Ramayana]]'', ''Bhili Lokakhyan: Roam Sitma ni Varatathe'', the ''Ramakatha'' of the [[Bhil]] people.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Joshi |first=Aruna Ravikant |year=2009 |title=Fieldwork Report: The Dangi Ramakatha:An Epic acculturated? |journal=Indian Folklore Research Journal |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=13–37 |url=http://www.indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFRJ/article/view/235/241 |access-date=10 November 2010 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803072457/http://www.indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFRJ/article/view/235/241 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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* [https://wiki.ekatrafoundation.org/wiki/ભગવાનદાસ_પટેલનું_સાહિત્યવિશ્વ Books of Bhagwandas Patel]


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Bhagwandas Patel at Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, February 2018

Bhagwandas Patel (born 19 November 1943) is an Indian folklorist who pioneered research into Gujarat's tribal literature[1] and brought the state's oral literature to the attention of the literary community.[2] In 1995, he compiled the first published tribal version of the Ramayana, Bhili Lokakhyan: Roam Sitma ni Varatathe, the Ramakatha of the Bhil people.[3]

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  1. Yājñika, Hasu (2004). A study in tribal literature of Gujarat. Nayan Suryanand Loka-Pratishthan. OCLC 61253720.
  2. Devy, G. N. (2006). A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence. Orient Longman. p. 81. ISBN 978-81-250-3021-8.
  3. Joshi, Aruna Ravikant (2009). "Fieldwork Report: The Dangi Ramakatha:An Epic acculturated?". Indian Folklore Research Journal. 3 (6): 13–37. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

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