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. Kavle/Kawale/Kawle are other variations for the same name.

Main Attraction

Situated at the foothill of Kavalem, the

Shantadurga Shantadurga (Devanagari:शांतादुर्गा, ) is the most popular form of the Hindu goddess Durga revered in Goa, India, as well some parts of Karnataka. She is a form of the ancient Mother goddess known as Santeri. She is worsh ...

Temple boasts of a huge tank, a Dipa Stambha and Agrashalas.Current temple was constructed during the reign of Maratha Empire ruler Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj of Satara during the period from 1713 AD to 1738 AD. Naroram Rege Mantri originally from Kochara village in the Vengurla Taluka,(Konkan) was a Mantri (Minister) in Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Ashtapradhan Mandal at Satara (Grandson of Chh.Shivaji Maharaj). Due to his efforts, the village of Kavalem was bequeathed to the Temple by Shrimant Baji Rao I Peshwa in 1738-39. The temples of Shree Shantadurgaat Kavale and Shree Manguesh located at

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, two of the most revered patron deities of the GSB community in Goa. The Managing Committee has banned tourists.

History

The original site of Shri Shantadurga temple is Kardelivana of

Quelossim Quelossim is a village in Mormugao taluka, South Goa, India. This village was known as ''Kardalipura'' in ancient times and had a beautiful temple dedicated to the Mother-Goddess Shri Shantadurga and Shri Kavale Math which was shifted to Kavale ...

(Keloshi) in mormugao Taluka. To avoid the increasing

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missionary activities in Goa, the GSB community was afraid for the safety of the temples and idols. Hence, the families worshipping Shree

and Shree Manguesh, on a moonless night, leaving their homes and hearths crossed over the

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to a safer region which was under the rule of the Muslim King

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. They finally installed the deity at Kavale village known then as Kapilpura or Kaivalyapura in the Antruj Taluka(Present day Ponda). The territory of Ponda was not under Portuguese rule in the 16th Century and hence was seen as a haven by the Hindus fleeing persecution by the Jesuits and Portuguese. The forests of Ponda were ideal places for Hindus to form makeshift temples with the Idols they had salvaged from the broken temples of Sashti (

Salcete Salcete ( Konkani: ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti''; pt, Salcette) is a sub-division of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India. The Sal river and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete. Hist ...

Reaching Kavale Village

By train

* The nearest town of Ponda is located at a distance of 17 km from

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railway station. * The major railway terminus of

Margao Margao or Madgaon is the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It stands on banks of the Sal river and is the administrative headquarters of Salcete sub-district and South Goa district. It is Goa's second largest city by population aft ...

has bus services catering up to Ponda.

By road

* Local bus services operated by private bus owners ply regularly from Ponda Bus Stand. * Motorcycle pilot bike rides from Farmagudi (situated on the Ponda-

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road) are available.

Main Attraction

History

Reaching Kavale Village

By train

By road

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