Team Herald
MARGAO: The staff of Archives and Archaeology Department will soon pick the remains of the old temple found in Navelim. The ruins and artefacts found across Goa may soon find a new place at Verna where they will be displayed in a museum.
The ruins of a temple possibly of the door of the sanctorum of what was of Lord Betal or Lord Shiva were found in Navelim during the highway expansion work. The ruins were found in the land of Rodrigues family from Navelim, which has been acquired for the highway expansion.
According to Yogesh Nagvenkar from the History Lovers Group, the temple is between the 11th and 14th Century during the Kadamba period and the architecture is similar to that of the Tambdi Surla temple.
The official confirmed that details from the Archives and Archaeology Department on the period of this temple would be revealed after the inspection of the ruins.
It is learnt that 25 years ago, the Rodrigues family had found a defaced idol probably of Betal, which is installed in their property.
Sources informed that the artefacts and pieces of the ruins found here will soon have a place for display in a museum planned in a small space in the Mahalasa Temple, Verna. The government will set up the museum.
