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High medieval · Hindu · India
Sharvani Devasthan
Salgaonwada, Adavalpal, near Bicholim, North Goa district, Goa · 15.6383°, 73.9025°
Sharvani, with Vetoba (a form of Shiva)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Goan goddess temple at Salgaonwada near Bicholim, the kuladevata of the Salgaonkar, Prabhu, Naik, Shenoy, Dhond and Petkar families. Its original shrine stood at Saligaon before the deity was moved here.