Goa, Sept. 11 -- The Goa Cabinet has approved the development of the Koti Tirth Corridor on a 10,000 sq m Archaeology Department plot at Narve, Divar, near the ruins of the Saptakoteshwar temple.

The project, to be executed by the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), will serve as a memorial for the 1,000 temples destroyed during Portuguese rule. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the temple would "belong to the whole of Goa," stressing its symbolic importance.

A high-level committee headed by the Secretary (Archaeology) had recommended the corridor's development as a memorial. Earlier, a scrutiny committee of experts was tasked with verifying applications and representations documenting the destruction of temples un...