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Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery
Timings: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (No lunch break). Closed on Fridays. Entry Fee: Rs. 5 per person above 15 years.
Shree Shantadurga Devi, Kavlem, Ponda
Situated 33 kms from Panajim, Shree Shantadurga temple has an impressive idol of Goddess Shree Durga who mediated between Shree Vishnu and Shree Shiva and stopped the fierceful war going on between the two. She is flanked by Vishnu and Shiva on both the sides. The temples of…
Situated 33 kms from Panajim, Shree Shantadurga temple has an impressive idol of Goddess Shree Durga who mediated between Shree Vishnu and Shree Shiva and stopped the fierceful war going on between the two. She is flanked by Vishnu and Shiva on both the sides. The temples of Shree Shantadurga and Shree Mangesh, two of the most revered patron deities of the Hindu Goud Saraswat Brahmin community are located in Kavlem and Mangeshi respectively in the Ponda district of North Goa. This avatar of Shree Jagdamba devi which had come to make peace between Shree Vishnu and Shree Shiva, came to be known as Shree Shantadurga devi. The original place of Shree Shantadurga devi was at Keloshi.
From there devi was shifted to Kavlem during the rule of Portuguese government.
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