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‎Understanding Goa

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	The Georgian authorities approached the Indian government to locate her remains in 1998, but it was only in 2004 that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), with the help of Portuguese researcher Sidh Mendiratta, succeeded in finding bone fragments during excavations. DNA analysis confirmed in 2013 that the fragments belonged to a Georgian woman from that time period. In 2017, St. Ketevan’s remains were sent to Georgia for a year. In October, St. Ketevan’s remains were returned to Goa. They are now kept in the ASI museum.		The Georgian authorities approached the Indian government to locate her remains in 1998, but it was only in 2004 that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), with the help of Portuguese researcher Sidh Mendiratta, succeeded in finding bone fragments during excavations. DNA analysis confirmed in 2013 that the fragments belonged to a Georgian woman from that time period. In 2017, St. Ketevan’s remains were sent to Georgia for a year. In October, St. Ketevan’s remains were returned to Goa. They are now kept in the ASI museum.
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		+	=Jatra in honour of Goddess Lairai =
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=04_05_2025_031_010_cap_TOI May 4, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Panaji : The jatra in honour of Goddess Lairai brings together two faiths, Hindus and Catholics, as the goddess is said to be one of the six sisters of Our Lady of Miracles of Mapusa. Both feasts are celebrated within a couple of days of each other. Very rarely — just thrice in over 50 years — has the feast and jatra been celebrated on the same day, reports Marcus Mergulhao.
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		+	“Our Lady of Miracles (Milagres Saibinn) was one of the seven sisters converted by the Portuguese to the Catholic faith. She is called Mirabai,” writes Jesuit priest Father Apolinario Cardozo in the book, ‘When Goa Celebrates’.
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		+	''' Not uncommon to see Catholics pay their respects at Shirgao jatra '''
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		+	The two sisters are also believed to visit each other on the day of their respective festivals. “There is the tradition of gifts sent by the sisters to each other. While Lairai sends one couso (pot) of oil, Milagres sends one basketful of flowers. These gifts are sent on the day of the feast and the jatra, respectively,” writes Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa Rodrigues in her book, ‘Feasts, Festivals and Observances of Goa’.
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		+	On Monday, the feast day of Our Lady of Miracles, both Catholics and Hindus offer candles, oil, money, and even miniature body parts made of wax, in exchange for favours granted. At the Shirgao jatra, it is not uncommon to see Catholics pay their respects.
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		+	“The (Our Lady of) Milagres (Miracles) feast is celebrated on the third Monday after Easter,” Vasudev Joshi, priest of the Shirgao temple, told TOI on Saturday. “We believe she is Mirabai, sister of Goddess Lairai. Some 60 years ago, we used to send flowers and oil from here to Milagres. It is believed that the feast should always be on a Monday and not clash with Shirgao jatra,” he added.
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		+	Joshi said it is believed that once, the jatra and feast happened on the same day, and a bench in the church caught fire. “However, over the past 60-65 years, no exchange has taken place between the temple and Milagres. Though we believe they are sisters, the younger priests do not believe in it,” he said.
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		+	''' Details '''
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		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=04_05_2025_010_011_cap_TOI Mohammed Wajihuddin, May 4, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Ensconced in a sofa at his modest flat in a middle-class neighbourhood of Mumbai’s Versova, Pandit Mustafa Arif holds a copy of the Bhagavad Gita in one hand. His wizened fingers reach the page where Krishna, guiding and encouraging Arjun in the epic battle of Mahabharat, pronounces: “You have the right to deeds, not to their fruit.”
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		+	The next moment, Arif, 75, peering through a pair of thick glasses perched on his nose, quotes the poet Allama Iqbal: “ Amal se zindagi banti hai jannat bhi jahanum bhi/Yeh khaki apni fitrat mein na noori hai na naari hai (By deeds we make our lives, our heaven or hell/In our dusty nature, neither is there light nor a fiery fairy).”
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		+	“See the unmistakable similarities between Gita’s shlok and Iqbal’s couplet. Their emphasis is on deeds. A lot of Iqbal’s shairi is inspired by Quranic verses,” explains Arif, whose study of Hindu and Islamic scriptures helped him find many commonalities between the two faiths.
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		+	Currently engaged in translating 700 shlokas of the Gita into 786 verses in simple Hindi, Arif wants to make the message of the Gita accessible to commoners. Free from heavy words and confusing imagery, Arif’s compositions reach the heart.
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		+	As a trial run, the former Hindi journalist and now full-time spiritual practitioner who studied both Sanskrit and Arabic, recited six verses at Gita Jayanti celebrations last year held by cultural organisation Dr Shiv Mangal Singh Suman Shodh Pratishthan at Ratlam in MP. “Many scholars of Sanskrit and Gita appreciated my efforts. I resolved to encapsulate all the 700 Sanskrit shlokas in 786 Hindi verses.”
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		+	Why 786 verses? “The number 786 is sacred for Muslims as the devout begin all their writings with this number,” says the priest, adding that he is pained by the artificial gulf being created between two major communities in India and wants to make the wisdom in the holy books accessible to all.
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		+	Noted bhajan singer Pandit Rajiv Sharma and three of his brothers — popular as Sharma Bandhu — are planning to recite Arif’s creation titled ‘Gita Bharati’ in a sequence of six verses.
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		+	Having composed the Quran’s message in 10,000 verses in simple Hindi titled ‘Ek Hi Hai Sarva Shaktiman (Almighty Is One)’, he says, the work on the Gita is a logical progression. “I came to the Gita after working on the Quran’s message. The Gita is over 5,000 years old and holds universal teachings,” says Ratlam-born Arif, who graduated in Archaeology and Ancient Indian History from a college in Ujjain, which also became his initial karmbhoomi as he worked there as a journalist before moving to New Delhi in 2000.
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		+	Though revered seer Swami Divyanand Tirth Acharya Prakashnanda previously bestowed the title of ‘Pandit’ and ‘Parshuram Shree’ at an All India Brahman Samaj’s Conference, Arif began prefixing his first name with Pandit only after Atal Bihari Vajpayee began calling him a Pandit. Apart from editing BJP’s magazine ‘Sadhbhavna Sandesh’, Arif also penned 131 panegyrics poems on Vajpayee in a collection called ‘Dharti par Atal mahan’.
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		+	A unique feat that this Muslim Pandit achieved was when he was appointed a member of administrative committee of famous Mahakaleshwar Mandir in Ujjain.
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		+	Dividing his time between Mumbai and Ujjain, Arif says his task is to remove the misunderstanding among people because “we all are creations of one God.”
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	Authorities have also said that although plans are ready on paper, little is allowed to be executed due to obstruction from locals and other bodies.		Authorities have also said that although plans are ready on paper, little is allowed to be executed due to obstruction from locals and other bodies.
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		+	==Fines for drinking on beaches, cooking in open, littering/ 2019==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F01%2F25&entity=Ar01705&sk=290D13AF&mode=text Bindiya Chari, Drinking on Goa beach may lead to ₹10,000 fine, January 25, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Those found drinking on beaches, cooking in the open or littering will now be fined. A single offender will have to pay Rs 2,000, while a group will be fined Rs 10,000. On Thursday, the state cabinet gave its nod to amend the Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001.
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		+	Offenders who refuse to pay the fine will be imprisoned for three months. The proposed amendment will be tabled in the assembly next week, tourism minister Manohar Azgaonkar said. The three-day assembly session starts on Tuesday.
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		+	Many tourists carry alcohol bottles with them to the beach and discard them in the sand. Glass shards in the sand have injured tourists. Besides, tourists also drink alcohol and go into the water, increasing chances of mishaps.
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		+	Though the tourism department ensures all beaches are cleaned, littering affects governments efforts.
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		+	Restrictions have also been imposed on shack operators. It has been proposed that they shall not allow customers to carry liquor bottles or cans in public. Many people buy alcohol from shacks and drink it elsewhere. Some booze shops located near beaches sell alcohol by the peg to tourists, who then drink it standing by the roadside or carry it to the beach.

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	[https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']		[https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']

		+	[[File: St. Augustine Church, Goa.jpg\|St. Augustine Church, Goa <br/> From: [https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']\|frame\|500px]]

	'''In the ruins of St. Augustine Church lies a thrilling story of a royal martyr'''		'''In the ruins of St. Augustine Church lies a thrilling story of a royal martyr'''

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	[https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']		[https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']

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	Authorities have also said that although plans are ready on paper, little is allowed to be executed due to obstruction from locals and other bodies.		Authorities have also said that although plans are ready on paper, little is allowed to be executed due to obstruction from locals and other bodies.
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		+	[https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-georgian-tale-in-goa/article25808286.ece Rana Safvi, A Georgian tale in Goa, December 23, 2018: ''The Hindu'']
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		+	'''In the ruins of St. Augustine Church lies a thrilling story of a royal martyr'''
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		+	With its natural harbours and wide rivers, Goa has been a major trade centre for centuries. For the same reason, it has been ruled by many dynasties, starting with the Mauryas in the 3rd century BCE to the Portuguese in the 16th century CE.
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		+	'''In the ruins of the church'''
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		+	While other churches in Goa are well maintained, St. Augustine Church is in ruins. It was built between 1597 and 1602, and is dedicated to Our Lady of Grace by the Order of Saint Augustine. In 1837, the Augustinian friars were expelled from Goa in the aftermath of the Liberal Wars of the 1830s, and the church was abandoned. In 1842, the main vault of the church collapsed and its decay was a matter of time.
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		+	The church was built atop Monte Santo (Holy Hill). It has been a couple of weeks since I saw it but the image of the church’s imposing 46 m belfry tower, which is all that remains of the four towers, remains fresh in my mind. Constructed of laterite, it has four floors, all of which are lit by the sun. The grey basalt columns provide a lovely contrast to the red laterite.
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		+	The chapels are labelled, so that they can be identified. They must have been richly decorated once upon a time, but now they are bare. In stark contrast is the altar with its beautiful multicoloured Italian tiles and remnants of red and blue paintings.
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		+	'''A thrilling tale'''
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		+	The complex also houses the Convent of St. Augustine, which is now in ruins. There, Vivek Menezes, co-founder and co-curator of GALF, told us about a Queen and her connection to the Safavids. Ketevan (1560-1624) was a queen regent of the kingdom of Kakheti in eastern Georgia. Her son Teimuraz was king, but as a vassal of Shah Abbas I of the Persian Safavid dynasty. When Shah Abbas I threatened to invade Kakheti, Ketevan went to him and offered to be held hostage to prevent bloodshed. She was held hostage in Shiraz in Iran for many years and tortured. When she refused to convert to Islam, she was killed in 1624. She was buried in Shiraz, but two Portuguese Augustinian monks whom she had befriended in Shiraz were privy to the location of her grave and managed to smuggle her body out. She was seen as a martyr as she had died refusing to convert. Her body was exhumed and her remains were taken to Teimuraz in Kakheti. However, when her remains were being shifted to safety amid raids on the region, they were lost. According to a Portuguese chronicle, the Augustinian friars found her right arm and buried it in the Chapter Chapel in St. Augustine Church in Goa. She was then canonised.
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		+	The Georgian authorities approached the Indian government to locate her remains in 1998, but it was only in 2004 that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), with the help of Portuguese researcher Sidh Mendiratta, succeeded in finding bone fragments during excavations. DNA analysis confirmed in 2013 that the fragments belonged to a Georgian woman from that time period. In 2017, St. Ketevan’s remains were sent to Georgia for a year. In October, St. Ketevan’s remains were returned to Goa. They are now kept in the ASI museum.

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 [[File: Coconut palms.jpg|Coconut palms; [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coconut-palm-declared-state-tree-of-goa/article19409874.ece   Prakash Kamat, Coconut palm declared State tree of Goa, August 2, 2017: The Hindu]|frame|500px]]
-Under pressure from allies in the government over a year after de-classifying the coconut palm as a tree during its earlier stint, the BJP-led coalition Cabinet here on Wednesday passed an amendment restoring the coconut palm in the list of trees and also according it the status of State tree.
+Under pressure from allies in the government over a year after de-classifying the coconut palm as a tree during its earlier stint, the BJP-led coalition Cabinet passed an amendment restoring the coconut palm in the list of trees and also according it the status of State tree.
-“The State government has decided to include coconut palm as tree in the Goa, Daman and Diu (Preservation of ) Trees Act, 1984 to regulate felling of coconut trees under this Act,” the Cabinet note on Wednesday stated.
+“The State government has decided to include coconut palm as tree in the Goa, Daman and Diu (Preservation of ) Trees Act, 1984 to regulate felling of coconut trees under this Act,” the Cabinet note stated.
 The State Cabinet also resolved to declare the coconut tree as the “State tree”.

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	[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coconut-palm-declared-state-tree-of-goa/article19409874.ece Prakash Kamat, Coconut palm declared State tree of Goa, August 2, 2017: The Hindu]		[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coconut-palm-declared-state-tree-of-goa/article19409874.ece Prakash Kamat, Coconut palm declared State tree of Goa, August 2, 2017: The Hindu]

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	Under pressure from allies in the government over a year after de-classifying the coconut palm as a tree during its earlier stint, the BJP-led coalition Cabinet here on Wednesday passed an amendment restoring the coconut palm in the list of trees and also according it the status of State tree.		Under pressure from allies in the government over a year after de-classifying the coconut palm as a tree during its earlier stint, the BJP-led coalition Cabinet here on Wednesday passed an amendment restoring the coconut palm in the list of trees and also according it the status of State tree.

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		+	==State symbols==
		+	===State tree: Coconut palm===
		+	[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coconut-palm-declared-state-tree-of-goa/article19409874.ece Prakash Kamat, Coconut palm declared State tree of Goa, August 2, 2017: The Hindu]


		+	Under pressure from allies in the government over a year after de-classifying the coconut palm as a tree during its earlier stint, the BJP-led coalition Cabinet here on Wednesday passed an amendment restoring the coconut palm in the list of trees and also according it the status of State tree.
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		+	“The State government has decided to include coconut palm as tree in the Goa, Daman and Diu (Preservation of ) Trees Act, 1984 to regulate felling of coconut trees under this Act,” the Cabinet note on Wednesday stated.
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		+	The State Cabinet also resolved to declare the coconut tree as the “State tree”.
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		+	Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party, who had taken the initiative in this regard said the new amendment would be ratified in the State Legislative assembly during the ongoing monsoon session.
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		+	“We have restored tree status to the coconut (palm),” Mr. Sardesai said.
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		+	The Opposition as well as civil society had questioned the previous BJP-led coalition government for amending the Goa Daman and Diu (Preservation of )Trees act 1984 in 2016 to drop the tree status accorded to the coconut tree. Opponents of the government, which then included Goa Forward Party led by Mr. Sardesai, had accused the government of unfairly hastening real estate and industrial development at the cost of environment by selectively allowing mass removal of coconut plantations.

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		+	== 24% are severely damaged ==
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=24-of-Goa-beaches-severely-damaged-Report-08032017022021 Sidharth Bhardwaj, 24% of Goa beaches severely damaged: Report, March 8, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	Goa's beaches, which attract a million tourists every year, are gradually reducing with erosion gnawing away nearly one-fourth of the state's coastline.Around 25km of the 105km of the coastline has been severely damaged by erosion due to natural as well as human factors, water re sources department has said in its latest report.
		+	The department's report paints a very bleak picture of the state's coastline with 24% being severely damaged and around 30% suffering moderate damages in small patches.
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		+	The coastal belt in Bardez taluka has suffered the maximum damage with more than 7km of the coast witnessing erosion. It was followed by Salcete with over 5km of the coastline vanishing, while Canacona and Pernem lost 4km and 3km of the beach stretch, respectively, the report said.
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		+	Authorities have also said that although plans are ready on paper, little is allowed to be executed due to obstruction from locals and other bodies.

	=2014:World’s no. 6 in nightlife=		=2014:World’s no. 6 in nightlife=