Indi Village

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Indi Village

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Bijapur District, Bombay, situated in 17° 11' N. and 76° E., on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 4,427. In the Bhima Mdhdtmya Indi is described as the Paya Kshetra, or ' milk spot,' and Palei was known as Chik Indi, or 'little Indi.' Its origin is connected by a tradition with the discovery of a sacred lingatn through a cow giving milk at the spot where the /ingam lay buried. There is a shrine of Kanteshwar or Shanteshwar at Indi. In 1790 it was the chief town of a subdivision in the Bijapur sarkdr. The village contains a dispensary, two boys' schools with 304 pupils, and a girls' school with 31.