India, Sept. 11 -- The Goa government has approved the construction of a 'Koti-Thirtha corridor' (ritualistic pilgrimage site) and a new temple on the ruins of the Saptakoteshwar temple at Divar, an island village on the Mandovi river, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

The decision follows a recommendation made by a "committee of experts" set up by the archives and archaeology department to set up a single 'memorial' for all the temples said to have been destroyed during the Portuguese rule since there were a "large number" of temples that were destroyed and it was not possible to reconstruct them all.

"The government has decided that the corridor will be built in the place where the Saptakoteshwar temple used to be. The c...