Jagadu
[2] The Jagaducharita, the thirteenth century verse biography by Sarvananda Suri,[3][4][1] chiefly deals with episodes from the life of Jagadu and his philanthropy.
Though the biography is not historically accurate and eulogies Jagadu, it is good sources of information about trade and influence of traders of that era.
[6] Viyatthu was a Shrimali Jain who are originated from Shrimal in southern Marwad (now Bhinmal, Rajasthan).
Another legend explains that one of his assistant Jayantsimha of Upakesha lineage had acquired a stone during his stay for trading at Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
Pithadeva, probably the Soomra chief of Para invaded Kutch and destroyed the town wall of Bhadreshwar.
The messenger had told, "When two horns grow on the head of an ass, then thou will erect here a town wall!"
He refused to stop rebuilding and visited Lavanaprasada, the Vaghela general at Anhilwad Patan under Bhima II of Chaulukya dynasty.
Jagadu completed building the town wall and sent Pithadeva an obscene statue of his mother and an ass with golden horns.
He had also built a masiti (a mosque) for Shimali or Khimli (identified as Ismailis) in Bhadreshwar for Muslim traders.
[5][7][10][15][9][16] He is accredited for building a Hindu temple of goddess Harshad or Harsiddhi on Koyal hills near old port town of Miyani near Porbandar.
To keep his words, Jagadu brought buffaloes and sacrificed but the number fell short and the goddess was still few steps away from the new temple site.
[17] A Jain monk Deva Suri, apprised Jagadu of a famine, which will strike after a few years and instructed him to store grains for such an event and spend his wealth for benefit of people.
Jagadu was summoned to court by Visaladeva and asked about his 'seven hundred well filled granaries'.
Jagadu told that he had stored the grains for the poor and declared that if the people of starvation, it would his sin.
[19][20][21] There is a shrine and memorial stone dedicated to him at Bardai Brahmin Dharmashala (rest house) in Jhundala near Porbandar.
