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Is there any historical proof of the Aryadurga Devi temple in Anjediva? Any present remains?
Over the last centuries have there been any Hindu rituals/pujas on the island? Are Hindu people in Goa or in surrouding areas of Anjediva/Karwar religiously attached i any way to the place?
If not, this puja should not be allowed by the Navy or any other authority, as it is merely a political activity, with the additional objective of creating communal conflict.
Constantino
PUJA AT ANJEDIVA ISLAND: Bajrang Dal activists have announced a puja on the occasion of Dussehra at Anjediva Island on 21 October 2004. VHP and Bajrang Dal leaders said there was an Aryadurga Devi temple prior to the arrival of the Portuguese who destroyed it.VHP and Bajrang Dal activists said they also had a right to worship, as the minority community that has a church there on the island. (GT)
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