I have been searching for quite some time now for a village named Kowlagi. I assumed it should be existing somewhere in the southern parts of Maharashtra state. But I was not entirely surprised to hear from acquaintances that there is indeed a village by the name of Kowlagi near Bijapur. Then today when I was searching the net, I was thrilled to chance upon the exact reference in an very unlikely place - in a book on Sociology!! The name of the book is:
CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES: WOMEN-CENTERED
PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION AND
ENVIRONMENT
Published by: Island Press
Author: Janice jiggins
Price: Rs.2500 approx. in Google Books
Rs. 6500 approx. in Amazon
Visited Bijapur on 13 Feb 2015 and located a village named KAVALAGI (instead of KOWLAGI as we spell it). There is just one Brahmin family living there whose surname is Kulkarni and also their Gotra is not Mouna Bhargava.
Understand that there are two more villages with the same name. One is 70 Kms from Bijapur and the other is in Gulbarga District.
Will try to visit these when time permits.
CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES: WOMEN-CENTERED
PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION AND
ENVIRONMENT
Published by: Island Press
Author: Janice jiggins
Price: Rs.2500 approx. in Google Books
Rs. 6500 approx. in Amazon
One can preview the book at:
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9gJkgKalRBoC&pg=PA139&dq=kowlagi+village&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DEKZVN_PFJOgugThu4HQCw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kowlagi%20village&f=false
Visited Bijapur on 13 Feb 2015 and located a village named KAVALAGI (instead of KOWLAGI as we spell it). There is just one Brahmin family living there whose surname is Kulkarni and also their Gotra is not Mouna Bhargava.
Understand that there are two more villages with the same name. One is 70 Kms from Bijapur and the other is in Gulbarga District.
Will try to visit these when time permits.
