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Kasarpal is a town in the Bicholim region of Goa, which is in the North Goa district.[1] It is about 14 km from the town of Mapusa.
The original name of the village is mentioned as Pallika in a Copper-plate inscription dated 1436 AD, which is in the possession of the Archaeology department of Goa.The name of the village is said to have derived from Sanskrit Kasara which means a pond, and Pallika meaning a village. Alternatively, it is also possible that the village was known as Kasarpal because it was a village where trade of coppermiths once flourished. The village was later gifted to a certain Shreshthi (head of a trade guild) by a certain Brahmin minister named Nagadeva. Kasarpal is the site of the 800-year-old Shri Kalikadevi Temple.[2] The village also houses shrines dedicated to Mahadev and Bhumika.
References
- ↑ Chief Electoral Officer, Goa State. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ↑ Goa: Hindu temples and deities(tranlslated from the original in Portuguese by Antonio Victor Couto){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Pereira, 1978(1978)