Shanta Durga Temple
Deities moved here to escape the Inquisition.
- Where
- Ponda, Goa, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 15.4303, 73.9723
Get the Shanta Durga Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Shanta Durga Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Goa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Shanta Durga Temple
Safa Masjid 4.0 km
A mosque of 1560 at Ponda with a stepped tank, one of the few the Inquisition left.
Mangueshi Temple 9.6 km
The temple of Goa's own Shiva, moved across the river in the sixteenth century to escape the Inquisition.
Basilica of Bom Jesus 10 km
Holds the body of Francis Xavier, exposed to view once a decade, in a church whose laterite has never been plastered.
Se Cathedral 10 km
The largest church in Asia, built over eighty years, with a bell said to have tolled for the Inquisition.
Divar Island 13 km
A ferry, and Goa as it was fifty years ago.
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary 15 km
The smallest of Goa's sanctuaries, eight square kilometres with a small zoo inside it.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary 16 km
Mangrove and mudflat at the mouth of the Mandovi.
Goa State Museum 17 km
Fourteen galleries in Panaji, including a rotating Lamp of Judgement that decided cases by turning.
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Questions
Where is Shanta Durga Temple?
Shanta Durga Temple is in Ponda, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Safa Masjid (4.0 km), Mangueshi Temple (9.6 km), Basilica of Bom Jesus (10 km).
How do I get the Shanta Durga Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Shanta Durga Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Goa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Shanta Durga Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Goa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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