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'''Bholanath Sarabhai Divetia''' (1822 – 11 May 1886) was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet and religious reformer from India.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in a [[Nagar Brahmin]] family from [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name=t>{{cite news|title=200 yrs old haveli converted to hotel, served notice|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/200-yrs-old-haveli-converted-to-hotel-served-notice/articleshow/5204668.cms|accessdate=3 September 2014|agency=Times of India|publisher=Times of India|date=9 November 2009}}</ref> He studied law and served as a government servant during [[British India|British rule in India]]. He was elevated to the post of first class sub-judge. He retired in 1874 and was awarded the ''[[Rai Bahadur]]'' title by the British. He was born in an orthodox religious family and believed in idol worship but adopted belief in a formless god. He founded [[Prarthana Samaj|Prarthna Samaj]] and Dharma Sabha for religious reform. He was the father of Gujarati author [[Narsinhrao Divetia]].<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1052|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1052}}</ref><br />
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He died on 11 May 1886.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bholanath|first=Krishnarao|title=The life of Bholanath Sarabhai : Bhoḷānātha Sārābhāīnuṃ Jīvanacarita|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.317977|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.317977/page/n247/mode/2up 203]|year=1888|location=Mumbai|publisher=Nirnaysagar Chhapakhanu|oclc=793351529|language=gu}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
He knew Gujarati, English, Marathi, Persian and Sanskrit languages. His two volumes of ''Ishwar Prarthanamala'' are the collection of prayers in thirty sections designed as prayers for thirty days of the month. Last two sections are completed by his son, Narsinhrao Divetia, as he died before completion. His ''Abhangamala'' is a poetry in [[abhanga]] and dindi forms of poetry from South India.<ref name="Datta1988"/><ref>Amaresh Datta Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature - 8126011947 - 1988 Volume 2 - Page 1052 "He had a scientific knowledge of music which was best utilized in his poems in the Ishvar prarthanamala. Vol. MI and the Abhangamala Vol. I. He adopted the abhanga and the 'dindi' form of poetry from Deccan. "</ref><br />
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==Memorials==<br />
The 200 years old [[Haveli]] belonging the Bholanath has been declared heritage property by [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=t/> and the Haveli is a part of places covered in the Heritage walk of Ahmedabad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guided Heritage Walk|url=http://myahmedabad.wordpress.com/guided-heritage-walk/|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> It is with carved wooden work and floral motifs painted in green and gold colours.<ref name=t/> Famous poets like [[Akho Bhagat]] use to frequent this Haveli before the lifetime of Bholanath.<ref name=t/><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
==References==<br />
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