To Goanet - A couple of vignettes to supplement what Prajal has missed in an otherwise good blurb on Colomba.
Colomba also has a shrine to Brahma (temples to him are rare in India). He is a parivar deva in a subsidiary shrine cheek by jowl the Shantadurga temple. The old 13th C idol of Brahma from Colomba is now at the Goa State Museum in Patto - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/colomba-brahma.jpg A photograph of Shantadurga at the Colomba temple - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/colomba-shantadurga.jpg In front of the temple is a spot where an old Vetal idol is said to exist sub-terra. I now forget the story behind it. Warm regards, r > The Historic Village of Colamb > By Prajal Sakhardande > > > The encyclopaedia Mundarika while mentioning original Konkani words gives > the etymology of the name Colamb. Colamb, in ancient Konkani, means the bend > of a river. True to its etymology the village of Colamb is located on the > bend of the Kushawati River in the Sanguem taluka. We find that all the > ancient original names of Goan villages were in the Konkani language. The > original people of Goa, the Kunbis, used these words. The topography of the > village featured in these names, as cited above. The village name Colamb is > a name from the pre-Kadamba era. The Kadamba rule over south Goa began > around the second half of the 10th century when we settle Shasthadev I as > the true founder of the Goa Kadamba line whose origins are linked to the > Banavasi lineage in Karnataka. The Kadamba rulers of ancient Goa added the > suffix 'halli' (a Kannada word) to every village in Goa, as it stood for > village. Many villages were left without the suffix 'halli', Colamb being > one of them. > > Colamb is an ancient settlement of the Kunbis (Velips) who were > agriculturists. They set up the ancient Gaunkaris (the village communities) > in Goa. The Kunbis, who also have the nomenclature of the Gawdas and Velips, > are pre-Dravidian communities. Their traditional village or community > deities are the original duties of Goa such as the Roinn, the Santer and the > Betal. The megalithic site of Pansalimal hamlet and Kevan-Dhandole hamlets > belong to Colamb. > > An ancient temple made of square laterite stones, with a plinth and a > sanctum sanctorum with dvilings ie dual shivlings and an ancient image of a > male deity, probably kalbhairav, is located in Colamb. The male deity > depicted in a standing position carries a sword in one hand. He is shown > wearing a crown and necklaces and has a royal look. He could also be the > warrior god. The temple resembles the 11th century Narayandev temple of > Vichundrem, a village next to Colamb. In all probability the sculpture and > the ruins can be dated to the 11th century Kadamba era. The concept of the > dviling ie double ling is a Dravidian concept. There is an ancient dviling > at Khadki in the Sattari taluka in a small pond. The dviling in Colamb rests > on a 'lingpeetha' (pedestal on which the 'ling' rests). The ancient village > of Colamb is a part of the Kushawati river culture and civilization and a > part of the Kushawati heritage trail. The south Konkan Shilahars ruled over > Colamb during the pre-Kadamba era. Thus Colamb is a heritage village of Goa. > > > http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=022425 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
