Lamgao Buddhist Caves

Beautiful landscape and jungle. Saw lots of bats

The story goes that This is a place where Pandavas spent their time in the cave and there is a small temple which is approximately 400yrs old with a shivling inside, told by the priest we met in the temple.
Very tranquil and quiet place and a small beautiful lake close by, the access to the cave had lot of weeds grown as we visited in monsoon and it was raining as well.

The cave above the temple is a must visit, the locals say Shivaji Maharaj escaped from the Portuguese through this cave and the caves lead to Maharashtra!

Lamgau Caves of Goa is one of the best caves of Goa, better than harvalem caves. Lamgau Caves are carved out of laterite, which is somewhat delicate. Palm trees have covered the caves with abundance. You can reach here on a two wheeler on the newly constructed path. A must visit place

Such an unexpected place I found in goa that too of an Buddhist era!!!!
I was able to feel how peaceful this palace is. But some how the ancient Buddhist era caves were abandon and the one was turned into a Hindu place later which can be observed easily by any lay man as we all know that only Buddhist monk used to stay in caves away from civilization, just like we can see in Maharashtra Ajanta caves.
But anyways the main thing should be to preserve our ancient heritage.

Calm, clean and peaceful place. Beautiful green moss on the walls. Chill temperature. But be careful there are bats.
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This place was amazing n adventures, if you want a little d-tour and celebrate your inner peace go to this place, very quit place,,, you will hear nature jungle sound with river is floating around you and birds singings.... 😍😍😍

There are 2 caves that have been excavated from red laterite hill. Though the archeologist claim these date back to 4th century, the locals say these are from Mahabharata times. The Pandavas stayed during their exile and also prayed to Lord Shiva.

These caves are nestled amidst Arecanut farms inside the forest. The first cave is dedicated to Lord Shiva (Rudreshwar) and has a Shivlinga. The 2nd cave is huge and is divided into compartments.

These caves are just a few Kms away from Harvale (Aravalem) and Mayem Lake.

More than caves, Its more about the nature around it. There us just 1 cave with shivling in it. And another with some bats... But if you are someone who is more spiritual, you will love this place.. Its very peaceful.
If you arr travelling by a car, then you'll probably have to park around 200mts away as the road gets narrow in the village. Its a bit hard to find this place. You'll have to navigate yourself in a narrow footpath with an amazing plantation around you.

If you are looking for something different in goa..peaceful and isolated place

Best time to visit is during rains
Greenary everywhere.
No entry fee , 5 minutes walking distance from service road.

Peaceful and surrounded by nature's beauty.

A good place to visit when in bicholim.
Historical place for history lovers.

The place is so wonderful and most beautiful natural experience. But the time we went it was covered with thick grasses. The place is not maintained well. The way was really exciting and will get different trekking experience. I will surely suggest to visit this place if you are visiting Goa

One is a Shaivite cave. The other is a Buddhist cave. The Shaivaite cave is still being worshipped. A priest is taking care. There is a small frontcourt in front of the double pillared porch. The gap between the two central pillars is almost ten feet. The porch is almost eight feet deep. The shrine is nearly eight feet by seven feet having a Shivalinga. The yoni pitham is square with a three to four feet Shivalinga projecting above.

As regards the Buddhist cave, the front portion of the facade above the lintel has fallen down. The fallen part has preserved the course of stupikas carved on the front face of what was lintel. The interior is badly damaged. The most remarkable aspect of the hall is that it has preserved on the ceiling level the remains of four pillars connected by beams. The four pillars are arranged in a square plan. This is very close to Ajanta cave 11 and a cave in Kondavite / Mahakali caves in Mumbai. Similar plan is also seen Dharashiva cave 3 in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. For plans, vide Burgess 1878 and 1880. Perhaps there were five cells in total. Two on either ends of the porch, one each on the interior left, rear, and right walls. The entire lower parts of the edifice has crumbled and lost. It is difficult to say whether there was any shrine in the Buddhist cave. I suspect not, unless it followed the suite as was done in Ajanta cave 11 wherein the shrine was added as an afterthought. One more conspicuous feature of the cave: there is vertical Vedika pattern carved on the inside and outside of the unusually thick rock-beam that connects the four interior pillars. Such carving is absent in Ajanta interior but preserved on the exterior of that cave's porch.

Conclusion: the Buddhist cave appears to be a contemporary of the said caves from Ajanta, Dharashiva, and Kondavite. It can be dated to circa 460 to 477CE based on current researches by Spink, Walter M. and Singh, Rajesh Kumar (2020, 2021).

Amazing place to visit. If u want to relax do come here. One of d most relaxing envirronments u will see. The caves are just amazing to see

Peaceful place. Nature Lovers will enjoy this view.

It's almost distroyed. One can't see any monument or any symbol. However, the natural touch is awesome. The bamboo trees are spectacular to have some great natural snap's

A must visit place at bicholim goa

The kids are really hard to find as you have to go from the village in after that we'll find out and Palak and from there after work and go after a village and then you posted in the Jungle and have to park where there will be UP Board seeing the name of the temple and then have to go straight inside in there will be one small temple which is the which there is a Linga of Shiva and from there have to go a little bit 100m friends and I will find the other cages for parrots and the first ones have fallen for you can't go inside now because no one is going there we ask a local support the case but they also said they didn't go for years now and big and their scared of the beds and all the things that are there inside so no one is going inside so we also can go inside so please no one should go and sit there because I repair and The Poop of the pets are very bad

This place is peaceful and beautiful. A temple surrounded by nature. Worth a visit for those who crave the beauty of nature.