@ November 22, 2019
amit shenoy
If you are visiting the temple as a tourist, a decent place to visit. Unconventional architecture for a temple.
However, if you are here for religious duties, the temple is poorly managed, the administrative staff at temple is were it starts. Very little transparency, my way or high way. They treat you with very little respect.
The process for booking a service is all over the place. If you have to perform basic Abhishekam, there is no formal process. Only option you are left with is approach a priest and you are at his mercy from there on least to say. What to wear, where to buy, who can perform, what it would cost....
Good options are basic, there is a canteen available on premise, few options, not so good taste.. but there is something in case one is starving. The staff at the canteen is helpful though...
This temple is family deity of Lata Mangeshkar. This a very old temple partly destroyed by portugese but reconstructed later. The nearby places are Ponda fort, very old Lakshmi narayan Temple ( must see) and Shantha durga Temple.