Vimleshwar Temple

                                Pic by  : Nikita Nayak

Vimleshwar temple is located in Rivona village of Sanguem Taluka in the state of Goa. Vimleshwar is a form of Shiva and is worshipped in the form of Shivalinga.

The Prabhu Dessai  family of Rivona and Brahmins with surname Rivonkar are the mahajans of this temple. In this temple many other affiliated deities are there such as Kamleshwar , Mahalaxmi, Maruti ,Purush and Ravalnath .Many festivals are celebrated in this temple such as Dasara, kala, Pindikotsav,Shigmo , Shivratri and so on

The Dushera festival of this temple is very famous in Goa .During Dushera festival one day before 4 Tarangas ( wooden plank decorated with sarees like umbrella as seen in the picture) are made to stand during night time and they remain standing till this festival ends .On Dushera at evening time the Palnquin of goddess Shri Shantadurga from Colomba comes in this temple and after doing pooja and all, two devotees get into  a trance or get possessed what is locally termed as bhaar happens . One is devoted to Lord Ravalnath and another is of goddess Shantadurga .For watching this, many people of Goa visit this temple.