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About 12-km from Kavalem is situated another important
religious monument which is dedicated to Sri Kamakashi. The deity is
believed to have come from
Kamakhya
, Guwahati
in Assam , which
is her original abode.
In Goa, the original location of Sri Kamakshi temple
was Raia in Salcete Taluka. But the deity was subsquently shifted to
Shiroda village in Ponda Taluka due to religious persecution by alien
rulers.
The place where temple is has an ancient name "Shivagram". Of
the smaller temples present in the complex there is the one dedicated to
Lord "Rayeshwara". People irrespective of religious faith and
hailing originally from Raia, still venerate Sri Kamaksha.