Place · relocated Shantadurga temple · India
Shantadurga Temple, Kavlem
Also known as Shanta Durga
The principal Shantadurga (Durga as pacifier of the quarrel between Shiva and Vishnu) temple of the Goud Saraswat Brahmins at Kavlem, Ponda. The original on the Zuari river was destroyed in the Portuguese 1564 anti-Hindu edicts and the deity moved to Kavlem in Bijapur territory; the present temple was rebuilt in 1738 with Maratha funding under Shahu I. Indo-European architectural fusion with a central Hindu sanctum under a classical pediment.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.380, 74.012
Connections (1)
- Site adjacencyOld Goa
Shantadurga temple at Kavlem, Ponda, 25 km east of Old Goa, was rebuilt here in 1738 after the deity was moved from the Zuari-river village the Portuguese anti-Hindu edicts of 1540-67 destroyed.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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