Tourist Attractions in Goa (1)

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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
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  Monday Saturday ) Director Sales Marketing
• Mr. Gaurav Chawla
• Email gaurav.chawla_at_swantours.inTelephone
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