Quelossim is a village in

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, South Goa, India. The village was known as ''Kardalipura'' in ancient times and had a temple dedicated to the Hindu mother-goddess

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which was shifted to

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450 years ago when the Portuguese demolished the shrine as a part of the

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. The original temple was destroyed during the religious persecution period circa 1566. A small shrine is under a large banyan tree, and the area is protected by the Directorate of Archives and Archaeology,

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. The Konkani poet Krishnadas Shama hailed from this village. Quelossim was also known as ''Kelshi'' and ''Keloshi'', with the villagers being called Keloshikars.

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