Vimaleshwar Temple is located in

Rivona Rivona or Rivana is a census town in Sanguem taluka, Sanguem taluka, South Goa district in the India, Indian state of Goa. See also *Vimleshwar temple, Rivona References

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village of

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taluka in the 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 bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

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. Vimaleshwar is a form of

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

and is worshiped in the form of a

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. It is a "Swayambhu" shivlinga. The Prabhu Dessai family of Rivona (GSBs) and the Daivajna Brahmins with surname 'Rivonkar' or 'Revankar' are Mahajans of the temple.

Other affiliated deities

* Kamaleshwar *

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* Maruti * Purush *

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Major festivals

* Dasara * Kalo * Pindikaotsav * Shigmo *

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Notes

References

*''Goa: Hindu temples and deities'', by Rui Gomes Pereira, Antonio Victor Couto, page 35.

External links

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