Career
He is referred to as "Moochhali Maa" ("mother with whiskers"). In the first instance, Badheka was a high court lawyer In 1920, Badheka founded the "Bal Mandir" pre-primary school.
Badheka published a number of works in the field of education including Divaswapna ("Daydreams").
Badheka was born in the Saurashtra region of western India. His given (first) name was "Girijashankar".
Badheka grew up in Bhavnagar, a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. In 1907, he moved to East Africa and later, Bombay for work.
Badheka died on June 23, 1939 in Bhavnagar, India.
In 1920, Badheka founded the Bal Mandir kindergarten. Later, Nanabhai Bhatt, Harbhai Trivedi and Badheka built the "Shree Dakshinamurti Vinay Mandir" school in Bhavnagar.