Overview
- The Cabinet approved a memorial-led project at Divar that includes reconstructing the Saptakoteshwar temple at its original site.
- Oversight will rest with a committee chaired by the archaeology secretary, with execution assigned to the GIDC.
- Authorities said archaeological assessment and stakeholder consultations will precede construction at the notified site.
- Plans envision a large temple on roughly 10,000 square metres, with an earlier Rs 20 crore provision but no final project cost yet.
- The move follows expert recommendations for a single memorial in the Old Conquests area, recalling the temple’s 16th-century destruction and the deity’s relocation to Bicholim, where Shivaji established a new shrine in 1668.