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Shree Shantha Durga Devi Temple Goa - GoaBest.com
Shantadurga temple is a large temple complex 33 km from Panaji at the foothill of Kavalem village in Ponda Taluka, Goa. The temple is dedicated to Shantadurga, the Goddess Shree Durga who mediated between Shree Vishnu and Shree Shiva and stopped the fiercefull war going on between the two. She is flanked by Vishnu and Shiva on both the sides. This avatar of Shree Jagdamba devi which had come to make peace [Shanti] between Shree Vishnu and Shree Shiva, came to be known as Shree Shantadurga devi. Shantadurga is the Kuldevi (family deity) of many Konkani Saraswats, Karhade Brahmins and Bhandaris.