Shree Mangesh Mandir, Mangeshi
Hillside Shiva shrine whose golden chariot is hauled through the streets by devotees each February.
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This guide to Shree Mangesh Mandir in Mangeshi, Goa opens at the February jatra, when devotees crowd around the rope to haul Lord Mangesh's golden chariot through Priol village. It traces the linga inside back to families who carried it across the Zuari river from Cortalim in 1560 fleeing temple demolitions, and to the Maratha rulers who later granted this land to rebuild. Look up at the seven-story lamp tower beside you as you walk, the tallest of its kind in Goa.
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