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Shri Dev Vetoba is a shivaite deity, figuring predominantly in the Sindhudurg district of coastal Maharashtra and some areas in the Goa- Maharashtra border regions. This website is dedicated to Shri Dev Vetoba temple as well as Shri Dev Kulaswamy, Kuldevata of Sankhyan Gotri Samant Families.
Shri Dev Vetoba is the primary deity of Parule village. Almost every village or big county in the Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra has Panchyatan temples(Five head deities that rule and protect the fate of the villagers.) This Vetoba temple too is much worshipped by most of the families residing in the Parule village borders. Interestingly, every village has defined roles and responsibilities for management of temples, and it ties down to few families inthe village per per traditions running in Hindu religion.
Samant Families(Popularly known as Khalche Wadkar) are responsible for Shri Dev Vetoba temple. In rudimentary terms these Samant families are considered to be trustees of the temple. Raool families are responsible for day to day care taking of these temples. Vetoba Temple is an ancient temple and with time written history has faded away with centuries passed along the way, information on this website is a sincere effort to take into account various details approached from Kudal Deshkar Samants ruling era on Kudal region and surrounding villages. This website also also inherits few points from court ruling that resulted from local court notices between 1922-1934 with respect to Samant families and their trustee position with the temple.
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Vetoba temple is an ancient temple; some references also denote that temple and surroundings were part of Aryan traditional and religions. It is proven timen'again that whenever there were construction projects carried out in this region, many times during the digging process idols were found belonging to various deities. Hence it is not possible to correctly point out the origin of the temple. Before the current Vetoba deity idol, there was an old idol which was ceremoniously immersed reason for that is unknown. About the current deity idol there is a folk story currently told the same is detailed below:
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Idols of various deities that were found
Shri Dev Vetoba whose origin is unknown but said to be emerged from the Shiva-age. Shri Dev Vetoba and Shri Devi Bhavai temples currently are blessed with new idols. Immersed idols of Shri Vetoba is still resting on the south-east(Aagneya) side of the temple and Shri Devi Bhavai is immersed in the nearby holy well which also has the havan kund(sacred structure from where the fire communicates all our prayers to different deities. The structure itself generates energy to perform the ritual.)beneath it. These idols are carved from one black stone.
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The current idol is carved out of one single stone. This stone is chosen from Kushewada-maati a nearby village. It is said that the stone was used to emit OM-KAR sound which has been heard by many villagers. From that hilly location this stone was brought down to the main village road and a very powerful Shri Dev Vetoba idol was carved. Once the idol was completed on a pious day along with a series of religious offerings and celebrations this idol was brought and placed by the temple priests in the Shri Vetoba's temple sanctum sanctorum as the chief deity of the Parule village.
Shri Dev Vetoba idol is created from one single solid black stone. This holy idol is magnanimous with dimensions of 7ft 6 inches in height with waist ranging to 3ft 6 inches. It is a standing on a strong solid brick, Idol is crowned with SheshNaag, ears with Rudra-Mudrikas(Shiva's' earrings), arms are blessed with snakesized mekhala (Armstrings), right hand holding upright swords has wrist bands and a solid ring. The left hand holds a holy water-placer;sacred thread around neck, stone-based flower garlands around the neck, both thighs have garland of snakes, eyes and mustache are made up of solid silver.
Shri Devi Bhavai temple resides exactly opposite to Vetoba temple. The adjustment of both idols as well as the entrance of the temples are positioned such that it feels as if Vetoba and Bhavai are looking at each other. Apart from these two main worshipped temples, Shri Dev Ravalnath temple resides at south corner of the Panchyatan complex. This temple too has ancient history associated with it. Shri Dev Ravalnath is also worshipped by subcastes that come under the Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahmins surnames like Samant, Kondkar, Chindarkar, Kushewadkar. Apart from the chief deities temples there are many small temples residing in the Pachyatan complex.
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