The discussion two years ago on Goanet highlighted several sources that provided evidence of Catholic churches being built on Hindu temples. There are many references on this topic. As a side note, based on my readings I visited the Divar church (my family is from Divar) and sure enough, saw the remnant structures of a Hindu temple structure within the church complex.
There is a good reason why there is virtually no significant Hindu temple in the "Old Conquest" regions of Goa (Bardez/Salcette). These regions were under the Portuguese during the period of the inquisition and were subject to annihilation by the Christian forces. The other, outer Talukas did not become part of Portuguese Goa until the 1800's - long after the inquisition had passed. It is no wonder therefore that these regions continue to have promininent temples. This simple observation itself serves as a quick reality check of the truth. Gilbert is behaving like the President of Iran who keeps asking for more evidence about the "alleged" Jewish holocaust. Having Churches magically appear on top of ruined Hindu temples is taking the laws of entropy to the limit. Marlon --- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have come across material in texts and I am sure > Gilbert must as well > that, there were Hindu temples destroyed for the > construction of Catholic > churches in Goa. However, I have not done such > research myself and do not > know how hard is the evidence that I encountered. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
