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'''Damodar Khushaldas Botadkar''' was a Gujarati language poet of early 20th century.

==Life==
Botadkar was born in [[Botad]] on 27 November 1870. He had primary education and started teaching at age of thirteen. He tried multiple businesses but failed. In 1893, he went to [[Bombay]] with [[Vaishnav]] [[Pushtimarg]] saint and started editing their religious publication. He learned [[Sanskrit]] there and returned to home in 1907 due to health issues. He again started teaching in schools.<ref name=gsp>{{cite web|title=Damodar Botadkar|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |accessdate=1 August 2014|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Damodar-Botadkar.html|language =Gujarati}}</ref><ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA572|accessdate=1 August 2014|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=571–572}}</ref>

He died on 7 September 1924.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/>

==Works==
Botadkar published a play titled ''Swayamvar Vidhithi Sukhi Dampati nu Natak''. His earlier poem cillections include ''Gokulgeeta'', ''Rasvarnan'', ''Subodh Kavyasangraha''. His Sanskrit-laden poetry collections ''Kallolini'' (1912), ''Srotsvini'' (1918), ''Nirjharini'' ( 1921) were followed by ''Ras-tarangini'' (1923), the folk and traditional ''Rasa'' or ''[[Garba (dance)|Garba]]'' styled poetry with simple and traditional tunes and diction. It was chiefly focused on traditional family life and styles of females and social life of that time. They are termed as ''Rasa'' poems. His ''Shaivalini'' (1925) was published posthumously.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="Das1995">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA582|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=582–}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA108|accessdate=1 August 2014|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=108–}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* '''Biography:''' {{cite book|author=Savāilāl I. Paṇḍyā|title=Satpraṇayanā gāyaka Boṭādakara: jīvana-kavana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CH-RHAAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Kaviśrī Boṭādkara Śatābdī Samiti}}

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:People from Botad district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:1870 births]]
[[Category:1924 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Gujarat]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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