Ponda taluka
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[edit] Qevlem, Queula, Kavlem/Kavale, Kardalivana, Kardalipur village
Isidore Domnick Mendis, April 29, 2019: The Times of India
A village in Ponda known by six names
Queula village in Ponda taluka is distinct from other villages of Goa in numerous ways. It is spelt and is known by at least six different names such as Qevlem, Queula, Kavlem/Kavale, Kardalivana, Kardalipur or Kaivalyapura.
It is one of the few villages of Goa where its residents have allowed the construction of a sewerage treatment plant without any opposition. Its agricultural activity, which was almost dead, is making a big comeback. Queula is an abode to 11 temples such as Kamleshwar, Vamneshwar, Satyanarayan, Bhagwati, Kapileshwar, Shantadurga, Ganpati, Hanuman, Betal, Dattatreya and Madhava.
The village is home to over 20 Kulagars (plantations). It also has a tourism complex at Gauthan-Kavale, which operated for 13 years and stopped in 2013 due to non-maintenance.
Usha S Naik, a resident of Galeshwari-Dhavali, stressed on the importance of renovating the tourism complex as it would provide direct and indirect employment to the villagers.
For the etymology of the term Queula, some believe that the term is derived from Qelshi (Quelossim) from where the Shantadurga deity was shifted.
Associate professor and head of department of history, Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Prajal Sakhardande said that during the early part of Portuguese rule, the residents of Quelshi were being converted to Christianity. In 1556, the Shantadurga deity was shifted to another place that was then named Qevlem.
On the other hand, Pradeep Bakhale states the village’s present name is derived from its ancient name as ‘Kaivalyapura’ as mentioned in the ancient holy text of Puranas where a sage at one point of time had meditated here.
Historically, Queula has its own village comunidade/gaunkari. After Goa was merged into the Indian Union, the panchayat system was introduced and Queula and Durbhat were governed by a single panchayat. In 1972, Queula got its own panchayat. The village’s wards are Galashire, Amrai, Gauthan-Kavale , Kavale, Betalvada, Kapileshwari, Velop, Dhavali, Dhavali Khalchovaddo, Dhavalimal, Varchawada, Dagvaddo and Konvaddo.
