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Tag: Heritage

  • Goan Reader’s club — discussing the Devsar.

    Goan Reader’s club — discussing the Devsar.

    Recently, an aunt told me some stories of a ghost / spirit that used to stay in the forests around some of the villages in Goa long ago when her mother was a young woman – my aunt is in her eighties now – I tried looking up this word devsaar / deosaar? But I…

  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    Originally posted on Parwatisingari's Weblog: the Rajyalakshmi Idol with the simhasana chowka in front The Kondeshwara swamy gardi at Barkuru, finds its link to the legendary throne of Vikramaditya. Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika.…

  • The Fort At Barkur.

  • The unclaimed relics at sawantwadi.

    The unclaimed relics at sawantwadi.

    One of the sights we were told to see in Sawantwadi was the Chitnis Wadi we drove down looking for it, we told the general directions. I realized that navigating from landmark to landmark we had a better shot at reaching our destination than asking the entire route. From the Moti tala we went towards…

  • Kalluchappara

    the stone structure as you enter the town of Barkuru is the Kalluchappara, it is the sole witness to the stories of justice meted out in the town that houses the legendary.(vetala) and the Mahasthree  The Kalluchappara is stone shade, with a central stone slab for seating. At one corner is the pond around it…

  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    The Kondeshwara swamy gardi at Barkuru, finds its link to the legendary throne of Vikramaditya. Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of  regional and Sanskrit literature. The…