At a distance of 19 km from Panjim Kadamba Bus Stand, 35 km from Vasco Da Gama Railway Station, and 33 km from Mapusa, Shree Mahaganapati Temple is situated in North Goa. Shree Mahaganpati Temple is located in Khandola Village of Ponda Taluka. This temple is considered one of the oldest temples in Goa with the lord Ganesha as the worshipping God.
The original temple was located on the island of Divar at the site of what is today the cemetery adjoining the Church of Our Lady of Piedade. After it was destroyed by the Portuguese around 1540, the idol was squirreled away to Khandepar in Ponda taluka and later to Narve in Bicholim taluka. It was to endure still more turmoil in the years following before finding a stable home in Khandola sometime around 1750.