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Mangueshi Temple (mandir)
Positioned about 21 km from Panaji, the Mangueshi temple stands tall
amidst the scores of Hindu temple that dot the Goan landscape. One
of the survivors of the destruction unleashed by the Portuguese, the
Mangueshi temple was originally situated at Kushasthali (present day
Cortalim). With the specter of persecution threatening, the linga
was transferred from the unique temple to the current location at
Priol, then part of the dominions of Sultan Adil Shah.
After the shifting of the deity in 1560, the Sri Mangueshi temple
underwent many successive rounds of restoration through the reign of
the Marathas and once more within the yr 1890. As a part of the
renovation of the temple in 1973, a golden kalash (holy vessel) was
fitted atop the tall dome of the temple.
The architecture of the Mangueshi temple displays an amalgamation of
Hindu, Christian and Muslim styles of construction. Lord Manguesh is
an incarnation of Lord Shiva and the Shivalinga inside the fluorite
designed sanctum is flanked by dwarpals (guards). In the course of
the annual Jatra held in January, the temple (mandir) is illuminated
brightly and the deity is taken out in a palanquin and paraded in
large chariots.
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