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Deities

Ravalnath

Ravāḷanātha — pan-Konkan village-god

Tradition · Hindu

Period · Pre-Portuguese antiquity

✓ Guardian-reviewed

Historical PeriodEra

Pre-Portuguese antiquity

3000 BCEPre-Portuguese antiquityPresent

Sacred Facts · At a Glance

Gender: male
Sacred Colours: redturmeric-yellow
Sacred Offerings: rice beer · fowl · flowers · incense

Primary Scriptures

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Ravalnath

Ravāḷanātha is one of the most widely worshipped village-gods of the Konkan coast (Goa, Sindhudurg, Uttara Kannada, North Kerala). A pastoralist-warrior deity akin to Khandoba, riding a horse, armed with sword. Each Konkan village has a Ravāḷanātha shrine.

Significance

Ravāḷanātha — pan-Konkan village-god

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

Offerings: rice beerfowlflowersincense
Sacred colours: redturmeric-yellow

🛕 Principal Temples

Principal shrine of RavalnathPre-Portuguese antiquity
📍 pan-Konkan, North Goa, Goa, India
15.4909°, 73.8278° — view on map
Ravāḷanātha — pan-Konkan village-god

🎊 Festivals

Annual community festival
Date varies by tribe/region

Sources & provenance

🎓 2 Scholarly

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Scholarly sourceBook
Tribes and Castes of Goa
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Scholarly sourceBook
Goa State Gazetteer (post-1947)

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Significance

✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals