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Marcaim

Coordinates: 15°25′23″N 73°57′04″E / 15.4230481°N 73.9511311°E / 15.4230481; 73.9511311
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Madkai
Marcaim
Village
Madkai is located in Goa
Madkai
Madkai
Location in Goa, India
Madkai is located in India
Madkai
Madkai
Madkai (India)
Coordinates: 15°25′23″N 73°57′04″E / 15.4230481°N 73.9511311°E / 15.4230481; 73.9511311
Country India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,215
DemonymIndian
Languages
 • OfficialKonkani
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
403404
Vehicle registrationGA
Websitegoa.gov.in
[1]

Madkai is a census town in Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.[1] A number of its residents have the last name, Kamat, and belong to the Hindu Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.

It is famous for is Navdurga temple, where the idol of the goddess has a tilted head, which holds an annual festival called a "Zatra" around November (Actually the Kartik Shukla Paksha Asthami day every year).

Navdurga temple entrance (1950s)


The temple is also infamous for an ongoing legal suit filed in the Goa High Court by the Mahajans (temple management) accusing members of Devi Navadurga Pratishtan (villagers) of taking articles from temple and shifting them from one place to another[2].

References

  1. ^ Madkai on wikimapia
  2. ^ "Court modifies order on articles for Marcaim's temple". The Goan EveryDay. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.