Temples of Goa: A Spiritual Odyssey

Chairman of Manipal Global Education TV Mohandas Pai released his book coffee table book ‘Temples of Goa: A Spiritual Odyssey’ at Rajangan of Shree Venkataramana Temple, Car Street

‘Temples of Goa: A Spiritual Odyssey’ aims at providing the reader with a bird’s eye view of the history of the religious ethos of Goa which is the homeland of the Konkani-speaking people and the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins. The book speaks about how these people survived the brutality that was unleashed during the Portuguese inquisition. It gives details on their migration, reinstallation of deities and how they settled and prospered. Every detail of temple architecture has a chapter dedicated to it in the book.

Bharathi Shevgoor is the researcher and chief editor while the photographs are by professional photographer Annu, Mangaluru.