Shri Katyayani Baneshwar Temple, Aversa 3.38

Shri Katyayani Baneshwar Temple, or the Aversa Hindu Narayani is a Hindu temple in the coastal town of Aversa near Ankola, in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. It is around 100km from Goa, India, 500km from Bangalore and 136 km from Hubli.This is the only temple from Goa, to be relocated to Aversa with all the original idols of the main deities of Shree Katyayani, Shree Baneshwar, Shri Grampurush, Shri Nirakar, Shri Rampurush, Shri Kalabhairav, Shri Daad and all other temple deities during the Portuguese invasion. The idol of Katyayani is known for having a tilted head just like the Navadurga Devi located in Madkai .The taluka headquarters at Ankola is at 10 km away and district headquarters in Karwar is at a distance of 25 km from the temple. Nearest railway station is of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited at Harwada at distance of 2 km. Main railway station at Karwar is at a distance of 28 km. Nearest port is at Karwar. The Dabolim Airport of Goa is the nearest airport to the temple at a distance of 120 km. The airport at Mangalore is at a distance of about 250 km from the temple.Shri Katyayani is the Kuladevi to many Konkani Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, Saraswat Brahmins and Daivajnya BrahminsAccording to the customs of this temple, Pooja’s are performed first to Shri Katyayani and then to Shri Baneshwar and then to Shri Ganapati .