Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park
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The largest protected forest of Goa, in the Western Ghats, home to gaur, leopards, deer and many birds, and to the Tambdi Surla temple.
Wildlife sanctuaryMollem, South Goa district, on the Goa–Karnataka borderBest time to visit: October to May
Highlights
- Evergreen and moist deciduous forests of the Western Ghats
- Gaur, sambar, barking deer, leopards and hornbills
- Tambdi Surla Mahadev temple, a stone temple of the Kadamba period protected by the ASI
- Dudhsagar Falls in the south of the sanctuary
Significance
The sanctuary protects the forests and catchments that feed Goa’s rivers, and shelters one of the few surviving pre-Portuguese temples of Goa.