Mahalaxmi temple

This temple dedicated to the Goddess Mahalaxmi is one of the important temples in the city of Panjim and one of the first to be constructed under the rule of the Portuguese. By 1818 the temple was elevated as the presiding deity. The temple has a very fascinating and intriguing history. To escape from the displeasure of the rulers the temple authorities hid the deity and kept it safely in other location till the Portuguese finally consented to build the temple in the year 1818.



Both tourist and devotees throng the temple all through the year because the Goa is often referred to as the orient of the East.  The festivals of Dassera and Mahashivratri are celebrated with great pomp and fervor and  the main celebrated festivals  of Navrathri and Chitra Purnima and  the Maruti Jatra festival is the most celebrated among  festival where devotees throng to temple in number from all over the state of Goa.