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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Tambdi Surla, Goa

 'Tambdi Surla' is a small village inside the Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary, Goa. This place houses one of the finest and probably the oldest surviving temple of Goa. The temple is dedicated to Lord Mahadeva (Shiva) and is believed to be built around the 12th Century by Goa Kadambas. This is one of the few temples that has survived trough years and remains intact.
Mahadeva Temple
ASI Tourist Information Broad
Entrance and Sloping Roof of the Mukhamantapa
Lord Mahadeva 
Floral Ceiling- Unique Feature of Kadamba Architecture (Asta Kona, Eight Directions)
Decorative Artwork on the Pillar
Kadamba Nagara Shikara
Not sure what these are
Mahadeva Temple, Tambdi Surla
The temple is very well maintained by the ASI. There is no entry fee. We had no information regarding the priest of this temple.

21 comments:

  1. Sylvia KDecember 24, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    A wonderful and fascinating post as always! I have so enjoyed learning so much about India from your posts! Hope you have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  2. chitraDecember 24, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    TGS, thanks for the info. Planning to visit this in coming March. This temple, I missed on my last visit.any idea about the Budbudyanchi talayee temple? have you visited it. It seems bubbles keep appearing in the water pond. Curious!!. Want to visit that too.

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  3. KusumDecember 24, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Yey! Goa! I had been to this place. Very nice post.

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  4. R Niranjan DasDecember 24, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Beautiful shots of a lovely place.

    www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.com

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  5. DeguideDecember 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    I believe this temple escaped vandalism because it was remotely located, good recap of the temple, please let me know which district it is located so that i can visit next time around

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  6. ArtiDecember 24, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    Beautiful pics Dhiraj. Those stones look like a smaller version of the stonehenge!!!

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  7. KarthickDecember 25, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    beautiful pictures... a small temple full of architectural beauties...

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  8. SridharanDecember 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Superb..as always..!

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  9. UnknownDecember 26, 2011 at 2:36 AM

    i ve been to this temple and it's AMAZING!!

    http://crimsonroomthoughts.blogspot.com

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  10. Santosh NambyDecember 26, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    This is lovely, thanks for sharing....

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  11. RajeshDecember 26, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Beautiful temple. I never knew of this temple in Goa.

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  12. Nitin JainDecember 26, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    been there 5-6 yrs ago. A totally unexpected and wonderful location...

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  13. smDecember 27, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    beautiful shots
    with information

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  14. Deepa GopalDecember 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Beautiful temple! Lovely post!

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  15. joshi danielDecember 27, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    beauty!

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  16. Indian Citizen RantingDecember 27, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    I had clicked an Eagle sitting and spreading its wings in Tarkarli...too bad it was with video camera and the resolution was bad.

    Awesome post. Har Har Mahadev :)

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  17. UnknownDecember 28, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    I missed this when I visited Goa... Shame on me!

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  18. Sujatha SathyaDecember 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    very nice temple

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  19. Rahul BhatiaDecember 30, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    lovely images! Happy New Year!

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  20. Aravind GJJanuary 2, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    A beautiful Temple!!

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  21. Sudhir RJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:59 PM

    lovely

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