bhagwandas patel (born 19 november 1943) is a gujarati folklorist(લોકસાહિત્યકાર) who pioneered research into gujarat's tribal literature and brought the state's oral literature to the attention of the literary community. in 1995, he compiled the first published tribal version of the "ramayana", "bhili lokakhyan: roam sitma ni varatathe", the "ramakatha" of the bhil people.