 Born in a small village Hasurchampu in Gadhinglaj Taluka, the Ghatges are traditional Brahmins with strong roots in Kolhapur.Going back, six to seven generations, it is known that the Ghatges actually belonged to the Kulkarni community of Kolhapur.Madhavrao Venkatesh, father to Ghatge was born into the Vaishav community of Karnataka in 1886.