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Curdi — the Village That Returns, Sanguem

by | Oct 20, 2026

The eroded red-earth ruins of Curdi village on the dry reservoir bed, beneath a green treeline, Sanguem, South Goa
The eroded red-earth ruins of Curdi village on the dry reservoir bed, beneath a green treeline, Sanguem, South Goa

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Curdi, Sanguem, South Goa

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Good to know

  • Curdi can only be visited in the low-water window, roughly April–May — the exact weeks vary each year, and outside that window the village lies beneath the reservoir
  • Access roads are rough and there is no mobile network, and police urge caution when crowds peak
  • Treat it as a place of memory, not a ruin playground: former residents return here for the Someshwar Utsav and the chapel feast
The eroded red-earth ruins of Curdi village on the dry reservoir bed, beneath a green treeline, Sanguem, South Goa
The Someshwar temple at Curdi standing on the dry reservoir bed when the waters recede, Sanguem
The temple pavilion at Curdi during the annual Utsav, when the village returns to gather, Sanguem

About Curdi — the Village That Returns, Sanguem

A whole village submerged by the Salaulim Dam in the 1980s that re-emerges for a few weeks each April–May as the reservoir falls: temple, chapel, house foundations and roads rise from the water, and former residents return for the Someshwar Utsav and chapel feast.

Why visit: the single most extraordinary story in South Goa — a whole village that returns from the water for a few weeks each year.

Photos: SerChevalerie (CC0 and CC BY-SA 4.0) and Sujel Patil (CC BY 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons.