Tourist Attractions in Goa

1. Tourist Attractions in Goa Swan Tours

2. Dona Paula

3. 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.

4. Love'sLabour Lost:

5. 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.

6. Mahalakshmi

7. 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'sJamaMasjid is one of the few mosques in coastal Goa and it too was built after the Inquisition.

8. Municipal Garden

9. Municipal Garden • Jardim de Garcia daOrta', 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.

10. Museum of Goa, Daman & Diu

11. Museum of Goa, Daman & Diu • Panajihas 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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