Shree Damodar, Temple — Attraction in Goa

Damodar temple is situated in Fatorda area in Margao city. The temple is adjacent to Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in eastern side of stadium. The temple is not very spacious even though sacred devout visit daily quite big number. The Monday is dedicated to Lord Damodar hence large number of devotee visit on this day from early in the morning till late night. The morning Arti is at 4.30 am and evening Arti is at 9.30pm. The mandir space is very less so people crowed large number and parking vehicles also have a very limited space. The Shivratri is very sacrosanct day for worshipper hence this particular day big number of devitee offer prayers and get blessed.The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was built later on actually govt.should have pondered to provide more space in behind the temple.The close to temple there are stink emanating since long but there is no any measure to...

This Damodar temple close to Nehru stadium at Fatorda is the original place of the deity . During the period of enquisition portuguese destroyed many temples in salcete, This temple is one among them. At that time Damodar idol was shifted to Zambaulim where you can see the present temple. Though this temple of Damodar at Fatorda was destroyed the Linga remaind there. The same you can see here. Some years back a private company purchased is land . They then constructed the present temple at the same place where old temple was existing , In front of temple other side of road was the lake which was also cleaned and repaired. This god is the Aradhya Devata of Madgaon people. Every Monday many people come over here for darshan,, Many utsavas are held here...

Disappointing experience with the temple priests. Today I visited the temple with my sister for an Abhishek ritual. The priests there seemed to be Marathi. My sister was not wearing jeans or a top—she was properly dressed in a saree, and not even a fashionable or flashy one, just a simple plain saree appropriate for religious rituals.

However, the priest told us that she must wear a "Marathi-style saree" in order to perform the Abhishek. This makes no sense—why should wearing a specific regional saree be mandatory for a religious ritual? It felt like they were enforcing the same kind of thinking as the one going around in Maharashtra nowadays—“If you live in Maharashtra, speak Marathi.”

When people visit a temple with faith and respect, they don’t expect to be treated in this way. This kind of behavior is truly disappointing.

Hindi मंदिर के पंडितों से निराशाजनक अनुभव। आज मैं अपनी बहन के साथ अभिषेक करने मंदिर गया था। वहां के पंडित शायद मराठी थे। मेरी बहन ने कोई जींस-टॉप नहीं पहना था, बल्कि एक सादी सी साड़ी पहनी थी – न तो कोई फैशन वाली थी, न शादी में पहनने वाली – एक सामान्य सी धार्मिक साड़ी।

फिर भी, पंडितजी ने कहा कि जब तक आप "मराठी स्टाइल की साड़ी" नहीं पहनते, तब तक अभिषेक नहीं कर सकते। इसका क्या मतलब हुआ? क्या सिर्फ मराठी साड़ी पहनने से ही पूजा पूरी होती है? ये तो वही सोच हो गई जो आजकल महाराष्ट्र में चल रही है – “महाराष्ट्र में रहना है तो मराठी बोलो”।

कोई व्यक्ति मंदिर में श्रद्धा से जाता है और अगर वहां इस तरह का व्यवहार मिले, तो बहुत बुरा लगता है। यह बिल्कुल भी सही नहीं है।

Konkani मंदिराचे पुजाऱ्यांखातीर निराशाजनक अनुभव आयजे हांव माज्या भायेन सांगत अभिषेक करूंग मंदिरात गेलो. तिकचेर पुजारी बहुधा मराठी आसा. माज्या भायेन जीन्स-टॉप न घालून एक साधी साडी घालली होती – ना कोणी फॅशनची, ना लग्नात घालतात तशी – फक्त एक सामान्य धार्मिक साडी.

तरीसुद्धा, पुजार्यानी सांगिलें की "मराठी स्टाईलची साडी" घातली तरच अभिषेक करू येता. ह्याक अर्थ किते? फकत मराठी साडी घालल्यावळीच पूजा पूर्ण जावपाचेर? ह्या विचारां सारखं जालें जे आजकाल महाराष्ट्रांत चालूं आसा – "महाराष्ट्रांत राहूचेर, मराठी बोलपाचो".

एकजण श्रद्धेन सांगत मंदिरात येता, आनी तिकडे अशें वागणूक मेळयल्यार, फार वाईट वाटता. हे...