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Monuments in Margao |
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The second largest city
in Goa, Margao is the
commercial hub of Goa.
Margao is famous for its
ancient cultural
heritage and the
conventional customs of
people over there. The
administrative
headquarters of the
south Goan district lie
in Margao. Margao
was famous for its fish
market, which used to be
an amusing and
entertaining sight. Lots
of fisher women used to
assemble at a market
place in south Goa near
the Municipal Office
building and sell their
catch by publicizing it
in the top of their
voices ..Monuments of
Margoa |
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Monuments in
Oldgoa |
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Velha
Goa or Old Goa rose as the
second capital of the Bijapur
Kingdom though all that remains
of that era today are pieces of
the Gateway, part of the wall
that surrounded the Sultan's
palace. The Portuguese
colonization of Goa with Alfonso
de Albuquerque’s victory over
the Sultan's forces also began
here. It then served as the
Portuguese capital of Goa until
1843 and from the mid
16th century onwards,
the Christian Doctrine
began to be spread from
here by St. Francis
Xavier ..Monuments
of Oldgoa |
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Monuments in
Ponda |
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Located
28 km from Panaji, Ponda
is a major town in the
North Goa district.
Ponda's claim to fame is
its unrivalled status as
the cradle of Hindu
pilgrimages in Goa.
After remaining a part
of the dominions of
Sultan Adil Shah of
Bijapur, Ponda fell to
the Portuguese in 1791
who annexed it along
with the nearby talukas
of Quepem, Canacona and
Sanguem. Among the
number of sacred shrines
that dot the Ponda
landscape, there are
five famous Hindu
temples and the Safa
masjid, the largest
mosque in Goa ..Monuments of
Ponda |
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