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| ver 400 structures identified as heritage monuments in Goa Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:17 AM PST A Goa government committee has recommended that as many as 434 structures, including over 100 churches, be added to the list of heritage monuments in the state. The Rajiv Yaduvanshi Committee, in its recommendation to the state government, has identified 434 additional monuments and structures with immense heritage value, including 107 Catholic churches and 17 temples.Currently, Goa has 51 notified structures under state Archaeology Department and 22 under Archaeological Survey of India, officials said. As many as 434 structures were identified after survey conducted across the state by the experts of the Yaduvanshi committee, they added. The list includes churches, temples, hospital buildings, an island, water springs, caves and other monuments recommended for preservation after classifying them under three different categories. The list also includes Azilo and Hospicio hospital buildings, both state-run district hospitals, constructed during the Portuguese regime. Goa government has already constructed a new Azilo hospital in Mapusa town after the Portuguese-era building started crumbling. The old building will now be preserved after the list is notified by the state government. Eighteenth century Kapileshwari Temple, situated on the outskirts of Ponda town, is amongst the temples that have been identified for preservation in the new list. Similarly, Panaji’s Mary Immaculate Conception Church, built in 1541, located in the heart of capital city, has also been recommended to be protected. The committee has also suggested conservation of one of the oldest educational institutions in Goa, St Mary’s High School in Mapusa town. The missionary run school was constructed in 1948. Nanus Fort, which once guarded the area from Portuguese invasion and currently crumbling down, has also been listed by the committee. The fort situated in remote Sattari taluka was built in 17th century by Chhatrapati Shivaji. Courtesy:PTI |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:21 PM PST A German tourist adventurer and traditionally-dressed fraus and frauleins are all set to whip up Germanic fervour here Dec 8 as part of celebrations to mark 60 years of the arrival of first hippies of German origin in Goa. The Indo-German Friendship Society, Goa, (IGFSG) has planned week-long celebrations which will include discussions, seminars, workshops on issues of India-Germany interests and entertainment events. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, IGFSG president Aurobindo Xavier said that the highlight of the celebrations would be the arrival of a Volkswagon-made cargo-passenger van Bulli, driven by an adventurer, to Goa via the land route across Europe and Asia. “The German hippies first came to Goa in a Bulli 60 years ago and stayed in Anjuna. We wanted to recreate the same magic. A German, Niels Melves, and his family has come all the way from Germany, driving across Iraq and Pakistan,” Xavier said. Other events on the occasion would include a German pastry making session conducted by women from the European country. “Germany is famous for its traditional pastries, so we will have German women and girls in traditional Bavarian costumes teaching people how to make pastries,” Xavier said. “German trading vessels used to trade with Goa by travelling with the Portuguese. The trade was for Arabian horses, spices and silk. So, it is not true that the regions have no ties at all,” said Xavier, who holds a doctorate and teaches in a university in Munich, Germany. “In fact, not many know but three German trading vessels were sunk by the British off the coast of Mormugao in 1944 during the World War-II. Several sailors who were aboard the targeted vessels chose to settle down in Goa and marry the locals,” he said. Courtesy:Z |
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