Sharvani Devasthan is the temple of Shri Devi Sharvani (Sharavani) and Vetoba (Vetal). It is located near the town of Bicholim in

North Goa district North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka ...

in the Indian state of Goa. Vetoba is worshipped in the form of

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hin ...

(Siva).

Location

The temple is situated in Salgaonwada of Adavalpal village. The original temple of Goddess Sharvani was located at Saligaon.

Devotee

The deity is the patron deity of Salgaonkar, Prabhus, Naiks, Shenai/Sinai s (

Shenoy Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community following Smartha Sampradaya of Kavale Matha or Madhva Sampradaya of either Gokarna Matha or Kashi Matha. ...

s), Dhonds and Petkars.

Notable people

*Industrialist V.M. Salgaonkar *Dattaraj Salgaonkar *"Jyotirbhaskar" Jayant Salgaonkar (founder of Kaalnirnay Deenadarshika) *

M. V. Dhond Madhukar Vasudev Dhond (M. V. Dhond, In Devanagari: मधुकर वासुदेव धोंड, म. वा. धोंड) (3 October 1914 – 5 December 2007) was a literary and art critic from Maharashtra, India. He wrote in Marathi on ...

(Critic in Marathi Literature) *Balkrishna L. Prabhu (former chairman, director of Saraswat Bank) *Dattatreya B. Prabhu (former director Nirlep Industries and Cricket commentator, Aurangabad) * Jayesh Salgaonkar (Housing with Housing Board, RDA, Ports Minister Goa assembly)

References

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