Places of worship of varied faiths
Travelling Buddhist monks carved these 6th century rock-cut caves out of a single laterite rock. The other legend names them as Pandava Caves, residence of the Pandava brothers from Mahabharata in exile - Looking Beyond the Portuguese at Bicholim in Goa - ImageWrighter
55 kms and an hour and a half later from Sinquerim, where my lodgings were, I reached a dead end into the family plantation of one Patil - Looking Beyond the Portuguese in Goa - ImageWrighter
As worshippers of nature, Indians revere their rivers and equate them to celestial beings. They pray to them as givers of boons and purifiers of sins - A Dip in the Ganges - ImageWrighter
Over time, though, regular people also offer prayers here, Sans the sacrifices. But the temple gives alcohol as Prasad to everyone - Nectar of the Gods - ImageWrighter