Khetlaji
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Khetlaji is a folk deity of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 who is primarily venerated in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. His one of the shrine is located in village Sonana in Pali
Pali, Rajasthan
Pali is a town in Rajasthan state of western India. Located in the Marwar region, Pali is the administrative headquarters of Pali District. It is situated on the bank of the river Bandi and is 72 km south east of Jodhpur. It is known as "The Industrial City".-History:Pali was a trade centre...

 district of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. The temple is the site of a two day fair, held every year during May-June in honor of Khetlaji. The fair attracts a large number of devotees who congregate here during the fair to invoke the blessing of the deity. There are many shrines of Khetlaji in Marwar
Marwar
Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...

 area, like Sewari
Sewari
Sewari or Sewadi is a village located in the Bali tehsil of Pali district of Rajasthan state, amidst the Aravalli Range. There is also a dam nearby with the same name.-Demographics:...

, Sayala
Sayala
Sayala or Sayla is a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan state of western India. It is the tehsil headquarters of Sayala tehsil.-Demographics: India census, Sayala had a population is 137804,...

 etc.

Unlike many other folk deities like Veer Teja
Veer Teja
Veer Teja or Tejaji was a folk-deity who lived in the state of Rajasthan in India. The history of Rajasthan is filled with lots of heroic stories and instances where people have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like loyalty, freedom, truth, shelter, social reform...

ji and Baba Ramdevji
Baba Ramdevji
Baba Ramdevji is a folk–deity of Rajasthan in India. He was a saint of the fourteenth century who devoted his life for the upliftment of downtrodden and poor people of the society, which were marginalized by Invaders. A temple was built around Ramdevji's final resting place by Maharaja Ganga...

, the existence of historical Khetlaji is not confirmed.
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