Sonnegowda’s samārādhanā - Part 1
Sonnavadi is a small village. It might have originally been called Svarṇavāḍi. Head of that village was a man called Sonnegowda. People often talked about Bhissegowda being one of his ancestors. Bhissegowda was a pāḻegāra (i.e. chieftain).
Around that time, Sonnegowda was an affluent farmer. Though he never was a pāḻegāra officially, his behaviour was typical of one.