Google Village, google karnataka, Google Village: The Story Behind
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Google Village, google karnataka, Google Village: The Story Behind
The Google village is there near Bangalore at the distance of 510km north-east, does not have any internet facility. The place is near about the banks of river Krishna in the district of Raichur have around 1000 residents there.
If we say that the number of villagers who had heard of there famous namesake in cyberspace are quit few, then it’s not the issue of getting shock. landlord Basavarajappa Gouda Police Patil said that it’s the issue of a proud when he got to know that his grand daughter once told him about 2 boys who had designed a website after there village. He further added that anyone who will get to know that their village has got so much of popularity in the cyber world will defiantly become happy.
According to a story there was the saint poet Allama Prabhu once stopped in the village while going from Basava Kalyan to Shreeshailam in Andhra Pradesh. The cave which he took for the stay was named as Gavi Gallu, & as days passed its name had change to sound as Googallu.
To give as the proof a resident pointed towards a temple top which is now the underground cave. The devotees who want to enter the cave crawl through a hole in the ground.
Writer Chidananda Sali says that there village is name after the rocks started to sing. The name comes from the name Kooguva Kallu’ which means the stones that make a pleasing sound. When the river water strikes it.
Source - http://www.dailylatestnews.com/2009/11/27/google-village-the-story-behind-02059
Tags: Google Village, google karnataka, GoogleVillage, The Story Behind Google Village
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