Mangueshi Temple
The temple of Goa's own Shiva, moved across the river in the sixteenth century to escape the Inquisition.
- Where
- North Goa, Goa, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.5163, 73.9830
Get the Mangueshi Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mangueshi 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 Mangueshi Temple
Se Cathedral 7.7 km
The largest church in Asia, built over eighty years, with a bell said to have tolled for the Inquisition.
Basilica of Bom Jesus 7.8 km
Holds the body of Francis Xavier, exposed to view once a decade, in a church whose laterite has never been plastered.
Divar Island 8.6 km
A ferry, and Goa as it was fifty years ago.
Shanta Durga Temple 9.6 km
Deities moved here to escape the Inquisition.
Safa Masjid 12 km
A mosque of 1560 at Ponda with a stepped tank, one of the few the Inquisition left.
Corjuem Fort 13 km
A small Portuguese fort on the river island of Corjuem, built to guard the way inland.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary 14 km
Mangrove and mudflat at the mouth of the Mandovi.
Goa State Museum 16 km
Fourteen galleries in Panaji, including a rotating Lamp of Judgement that decided cases by turning.
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Questions
Where is Mangueshi Temple?
Mangueshi Temple is in North Goa, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Se Cathedral (7.7 km), Basilica of Bom Jesus (7.8 km), Divar Island (8.6 km).
How do I get the Mangueshi Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mangueshi 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 Mangueshi 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.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.