Shiravali

Shiravali is a small village in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India.[1] The 2011 Census of India recorded a total of 867 residents in the village.[1] Shiravali's geographical area is approximately 531 hectares (1,310 acres).[1]

Shiravali
Village
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra

The village is the birth place of the 19th-century Hindu revivalist Vishnubawa Brahmachari.[2]

References

  1. "District Census Handbook" (PDF). Census of India. p. 96. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. Jones, Kenneth W.; Hudson, D. Dennis (1992). Religious controversy in British India: Dialogues in South Asian languages. SUNY. p. 9. ISBN 0-7914-0828-0.

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