Famous Temples in India

Architecture

The temple's main entrance hall has decorated wood doors coated with silver and so the main entrance hall path. On the entrance hall have the impressing art of Hanuman the Monkey God and faithful servant of Rama along with Garuda and the mount of Vishnu. Silver coated doors take you to beautifully designed Mandapa having the main effective features, four big pillars on each side, decorated ceiling with chandeliers, temples bells, in front of Shrine is exclusive three part silver screen. In the night the chandeliers form shining rays of light and falling on the marble every where gives classic collection of different design. A highly job done in silver of tiny Garbhagriha is special, a sitting image of Shantadurga on canopied alcove, the deity is flanked on one side by shiva and on the other by Vishnu, reminding her origins as the peace maker between these two gods and the circumstances in which she took her name.

Wide spread steps takes you to the path of high gate along with the tank cut into the hillside on left. Nice range of offices, agarshalas and meeting rooms are built covering the huge courtyard. Its description goes this way, a big domed with elegant tiny hall, small doom little away, gleaming white six storeyed lamp tower impressing over the temple with terracotta colours, in entire concept this two towers are the only easily visible with domes, rest of the part is steeply pitched pyramids of red tiles. The big wooden wrath, the chariot of the goddess is light in black and gold, four storeys having windows each side, lamp tower in classic design and octagonal, symbolic horses on the front, great aravali tree standing attractive in courtyard having on its platform twin pointed arched shrines and a small image of Bhagavati (one of the fierce forms of shiva's consort).

The temple is a combination of Indo-Portuguese architecture. Unlike other temples of Goa, the temple has a Pyramidical Shikara, Roman-arched windows and a flat dome encircled by balustrades. The maroon, peach and white colour paint of the temple gives the temple a serene beautiful look. Another major attraction of the temple complex is the Nayanmanohar Deepsthamba. This Deepsthamba is lighted during the festival times and the beauty of it is beyond description. On either side of the temple building are the big buildings of Agarshala. There is a big lake beyond the compound wall in front of the temple.