Sharvani Devasthan is the temple of Shri Devi Sharvani (Sharavani) and Vetoba (Vetal). It is located near the town of Bicholim in

North Goa district North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka t ...

in the Indian state of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. Vetoba is worshipped in the form of

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

(Siva).

Location

The temple is situated in Salgaonwada of Adavalpal village. The original temple of Goddess Sharvani was located at Saligaon.

Devotee

The deity is the patron deity of Salgaonkar,

Prabhu ''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...

s, Naiks, Shenai/Sinai s (

Shenoy Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community following Smartha Sampradaya of Kavale Matha or Madhva Sampradaya of either Gokarna Matha or Kashi Matha. Some ...

s), Dhonds and Petkars.

Notable people

*Industrialist V.M. Salgaonkar *Dattaraj Salgaonkar *"Jyotirbhaskar" Jayant Salgaonkar (founder of Kaalnirnay Deenadarshika) * M. V. Dhond (Critic in Marathi Literature) *Balkrishna L. Prabhu (former chairman, director of

Saraswat Bank Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd. is an urban co-operative banking institution, having its headquarter in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and operating as a co-operative society since 1918. The Founding Members of the society were J. K. Parulkar as ch ...

) *Dattatreya B. Prabhu (former director Nirlep Industries and Cricket commentator, Aurangabad) *

Jayesh Salgaonkar Jayesh Vidyadhar Salgaonkar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Salgaonkar was a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Saligao constituency in North Goa district North Goa district is one of the two d ...

(Housing with Housing Board, RDA, Ports Minister Goa assembly)

References

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