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Title: Tourist Attractions in Goa
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Tourist Attractions in Goa
- Swan Tours
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Dona Paula
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Dona Paula
- East of Miramar lie leafy suburbs, residential
areas, palm groves and paddy fields that wind up
close to Dona Paula Bay. The bay separates and
unites the estuaries of the Rivers Mandoyi and
Zuari as they merge Arabian Sea. Two small rock
encrusted beaches curl around the cove, these can
be accessed from the esplanade at Dona Paula.
Catering primarily to tourists, the promenade is
packed with hotels, cafes and shops and stalls
that sell trinkets, bags, clothes and film rolls!
It is also the one place in Panaji to offer
facilities for water sport - water scooters,
pedal boats and sailboats. Contact Dolphin
Adventure Sports or Dona Paula Water Sports
Association at Dona Paula.
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Love's Labour Lost
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Love's Labour Lost
- The bay is named after Dona Paula de Menezes, the
lovesick daughter of the Protuguese Viceroy. A
statue of Dona Paula stands gazing out to sea
from arc a rocky escarpment overlooking the bay
Local legend tells us that the poor girl fell in
love with an officer on the ship bringing her to
Goa_ When the lovers were refused permission to
marry and the officer sent back to Portugal, Dona
Paula would climb up here to wait for the ship
she believed would bring her beloved back. The
poor unfortunate soul never came because dad had
had him bumped off. When Dona Paula discovered
her father's perfidy, she threw herself of these
very rocks.
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Mahalakshmi
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Mahalakshmi
- Hindu Panaji's presiding dell) is the Goddess
Mahalakshmi. She watches over the city from her
temple abode at the foot of Altinho. The shrine
houses a four armed, black stone idol of Lakshmi,
the Goddess of Wealth. - The temple was constructed in 1817 mostly from
funds generated from devotees whose faith in the
goddess, one presumes, had paid off! The annual
Maruti-Zatra (festival) is held at the temple
every January. Muslims were persona non grata in
the early years of Portuguese rule, partly
because of Christianity vs Islam baggage and
partly due to Portugal's battles with the Arabs.
The persecution of Goa's Muslims lasted through
the Inquisition. It was only long after the
Inquisition that Muslims felt safe enough to
build mosques. Panaji's Jama Masjid is one of the
few mosques in coastal Goa and it too was built
after the Inquisition.
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Municipal Garden
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Municipal Garden
- Jardim de Garcia da Orta', the garden planted by
Dr Garcia de Orta is now Goa's Municipal Garden.
Dr de Orta was a noted physician in 16th Century
Goa who spent his leisure hours cataloguing and
studying indigenous plants and herbs used by
Yunani hakims and Hindu vaids. The good doctor
was convinced that local physicians were best
equipped and more qualified than European doctors
to treat tropical ailments. His magnum opus, a
comparative study of European and Indian medicine
was published in 1563 in Goa.
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Museum of Goa, Daman Diu
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Museum of Goa, Daman Diu
- Panaji has just one museum of note, the Museum
of Goa, Daman and Diu, which includes artifacts
and archives from the other two Portuguese
territories in India. The Museum's archaeological
and archival material is acknowledged to be the
best of its kind (in India) in the context of
Portuguese rule in Goa. Sculpture, furniture,
coins, textiles, objects d'art, ivory statues etc
reflect the overpowering Christian influence on
Portuguese art and crafts. The sculpture
collection includes antiquities from Goa's Hindu
era.
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Contact Us
- Office address
- Flat No-6, Shankar Market, Connaught Place, New
Delhi - 110 001.Landmark Diagonally opposite
Haldiram (L-Block Connaught Place).Telephone
8287 000 333 Telephone 011 23415601, 23417176,
23417177, 23417178 Mob. 9910049132,
9910049134Working Hours - ( 930 AM 700 PM.
Monday Saturday ) Director Sales Marketing - Mr. Gaurav Chawla
- Email gaurav.chawla_at_swantours.inTelephone
91-11-2341-5601Mobile 91-9810-100-293
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