Dula Bhaya Kag (25 November 1903 – 22 February 1977) or Kag Bapu was an Indian

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, and artist born in 1903 in Sodvadari village, a village in the

Saurashtra region Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. It was formerly a s ...

, near Mahuva in the Indian state of

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. He is mainly known for his work on spiritual poetry relating to

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. He was facilitated with

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

award in the year 1962.

Early life

He was born in a Charan family in 1903 at Sodvadari, a village of his Maternal Parents. "He was very shy in his childhood" told by his relative. Kag received a 5th-grade education before leaving to tend his family's cattle and farm. Eventually, he became involved in the nationalist movement, and later after the formation of Saurashtra State, donated 650 bigha of his land to

Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari, also known as Vinoba Bhave (; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called ''Acharya'' (Sanskrit teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is con ...

’s Bhoodan Movement.

Career

Kag is known for publishing ''Kagvani'', an eight-volume work consisting of devotional songs (episodes from the

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and the

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), as well as songs based on

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and the Bhoodan movement. He wrote eulogies for

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and Bhave. He also wrote many poems on Sonal Aai and Yogiji Maharaj the 4th spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. He was also known as Bhagat Bapu and Kag Bapu. As a result of his literary and political contributions to India, the country awarded him the

award in 1962.

Death and legacy

File:Kagdwar- Dulabhayakag.jpg, KagDwar, Kagdham File:KaviKag_charan_boarding_bhavnagar.jpg, Boarding created in remembrance of Kavi Kag Kag died on 22 February 1977, at the age of 74. Despite his limited education, his poems are used from primary education to master's programs. Union Home Ministry has changed the name of Majadar village in Gujarat as Kagdham in memory of poet Kag.On 25 November 2004, the Department of Posts released a commemorative stamp from

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in denominations of to mark his 102nd anniversary. Every year "Kavi Kag Award" is given to five emminent scholars in the field of literature.

References

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