Devayat Bodar

Statue of Devayat Bodar at Junagadh
Painting of Jahal, Sonal and Devayat Bodar, who is killing his own son Uga to save Ra Navghan.

Devayat Bodar or Devaiyat of Alidhar Bodidhar was a warrior known from ballads and bardic literature from Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. According to bardic legends, he had secretly raised Ra Navghan I, the Chudasama heir to throne of Junagadh. He had sacrificed his son to save his life.

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