Shree Betal Temple, Amona

Shri Betal Temple stands in Amona village, Bicholim taluka, Goa. Its presiding deity, Betal or Vetal, is worshipped as a warrior Bhairava form of Shiva and is the gramadevata, the village's guardian deity. The idol normally stands in the temple, but at festival times it is shown mounted on a horse in the village.

Believed to be several centuries old, the temple has been rebuilt from time to time on the same site. Building work before 1950 was paid for by the late Vithal Jagannath Telang, whose name is carved into the floor, and a well lies 50 metres from the main shrine. Betal is regarded as the patron deity of several communities, among them Marathas, Kalavants, Goud Saraswat, Rajapur Saraswat and Daivadnya Brahmins.