worships Renuka Devi. One branch of Puntambekars had no male heir, so they adopted the youngest son of Moreshwar Patwardhan and Laxmibai Patwardhan of Chiplun in the 18th century. This adoption process is known as the Dattak process in Marathi language. The next generation of this boy was given a village, Anagar, near Solapur, as a fief (Vatan in Marathi /Urdu). Thereafter this branch acquired the surname Anagare. This branch then settled in Mumbai. Kuldaiwat of this branch is 'Mahalaxmi' of Kolhapur. One branch of the Rigvedi family settled in Chiplun, a town in Ratnagiri district on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra. The Chiplun group belongs to the Vasishta gotra. The family deity, Kuladaiwat, is the Shree Yamai Devi of Aundh in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India. Members of this family moved to what was known as East Africa during the British colonial period nearly a century ago. Members of this Puntambekar clan settled in the United Kingdom and the United States. Clans Notables Dr. Shankar Puntambekar - noted writer in Hindi language. References Indian surnames