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Mahalasa Narayani: Verna shrine and Mardol successor
The older Verna temple was destroyed and its rescued image moved to a later shrine.
Mardol; predecessor at Verna · Goa
Relocated
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
15.4410°, 73.9730° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Marker is the successor temple at Mardol, not the demolished Verna footprint.
- Dates of source consultation are not dates of field inspection. Historical events do not establish the current condition.
- No independent specialist review. Complete site history and underlying reference assessment remain open.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
1567 AD
The older temple at Verna was demolished; the image survived through relocation.
eventAttributed · further checking neededThe older temple at Verna was demolished; the image survived through relocation.
The religious history quotes Portuguese correspondence; the original archival documents have not been checked.
- Shri Mahalasa: historical narrative ↗Shrikant Shenoy / Mahalasa history mirror · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed1567
- Shri Mahalasa: historical narrative ↗Shrikant Shenoy / Mahalasa history mirror · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededPortuguese colonial forces
- Shri Mahalasa: historical narrative ↗Shrikant Shenoy / Mahalasa history mirror · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality coordinate; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The consulted article describes the functioning successor shrine at Mardol.
- Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.
- Shri Mahalasa: historical narrative ↗ · Shrikant Shenoy / Mahalasa history mirror
Religious-history narrative transcribing passages attributed to Portuguese correspondence of 1567. The original correspondence has not been independently inspected.
Discovery: Expansion review: original institution/report or Wikipedia reference trail · Access: direct - Mahalasa Narayani Temple, Mardol — article and references ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
Article text consulted. Underlying works are separately inventoried; this source is not independent corroboration.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct