Gogaji

GogaJee
Gogaji riding the horse
Abode	Dadrewa, Gogamedi, Rajasthan, India.
Weapon	Spear
Mount	Blue horse
Personal Information
Born	Dadrewa, present day Rajgarh, Rajasthan, India.

Gogaji (Hindi: गोगाजी) (Rajasthani: गुग्गो), also known as Jahar Veer Gogga is a folk deity, worshiped in northern states of India especially in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab region and Uttar Pradesh. He is a warrior-hero of the region, venerated as a saint and a 'snake-god'. He is worshiped as a peer among Hindus .

Gogajee is believed to be born by blessings of Guru Gorakhnath, who gave 'Gugal' fruit as a prasad to gogga's mother Bachhal. Since the fruit of Guggal was cause of his birth, he was referred as Gogga. Whereas devotees call him goggajee respectfully. adding the suffix 'Ji' or 'Jee' to the original name 'Goagga'. Another belief is that he was called Goga jee because of his remarkable service to cows(Gou in Sanskrit).

Gugga (also pronounced as Gogga,Goga) or Jahar Vir, one of the snake-kings, and a Chauhan Gurjars, had a kingdom called Bagad Dedga near Ganganagar that spanned over to Hansi near Hisar in Haryana and included territory up to the river Sutlej in Punjab. Gugga is worshipped in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat. In Gujarat, an annual procession is held in honor of the great warrior. Rabari community in Gujarat and Rajasthan is great believer in Gogaji.