Baradeo

Baradeo, also called Bhagavan, Badadeo or Persa Pen, is worshipped by the Gonds of central India. He oversees the lesser gods, the clan and village deities and the ancestors, but is respected rather than fervently worshipped. Gond tradition identifies him with the ancestor-hero Kupar Lingo, shown as a clean-shaven young prince in a trident-shaped crown, the munshul.

Some Gonds of Seoni hold that Baradeo lives in a saja tree, and shrines to Kupar Lingo stand across Gondwana.