Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary & Mollem
Mollem, Goa, India
Nearby attractions
Tambdi Surla Mahadev Temple
Mollem, Goa
Goa's oldest building — a perfect 12th-century Kadamba basalt shrine that outlived every invasion by hiding deep in Mollem's jungle.
Dudhsagar Falls
Goa
The 'Sea of Milk' crashes 310 m down the Western Ghats in four frothing tiers, straddled by a railway viaduct where trains crawl through the spray — reached by jeep safari and a splashy wade through Bhagwan Mahaveer sanctuary's jungle.
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary & Zoo
Ponda, Goa
Goa's family jungle — a small forest zoo, botanical gardens, deer safari park and nature-education trails in the Ponda hills.
Feni Distillery & Cashew Trail
Valpoi, Goa
GI-tagged heritage spirit at its source — cashew-apple stomps, copper-pot lambics in orchard clearings and urrak season's cult following.
Salaulim Dam & Botanical Gardens
Sanguem, Goa
The duckbill-spillway reservoir that waters south Goa — terraced gardens, a drowned-temple story and heron flats along the shore road.
Curdi (The Vanishing Village)
Sanguem, Goa
A village drowned by Salaulim that surfaces every May — chapel and temple plinths, house stumps and homecoming feasts on cracked mud.
Braganza House, Chandor
Chandor, Goa
The grandest Indo-Portuguese mansion in Goa — a 350-year facade the length of a street, ballroom chandeliers, Macau porcelain and a nail of St Francis Xavier.
Safa Masjid, Ponda
Ponda, Goa
Ibrahim Adil Shah's 1560 mosque — the finest surviving pre-Portuguese Islamic building in Goa, with its arcaded masjid tank intact.
Brahma Temple, Brahma-Karmali
Valpoi, Goa
One of India's rare Brahma shrines — a superb 12th-century black-stone trimurti-crowned idol carried here from Karmali centuries ago.