It was not a question of lack of real estate but rather of supremacy: Psycologically, nothing surmounts to a greater degree the paramountcy of the latest comer/invader than their God/gods lording it over those that the subjugated peoples deified.
For a certainity, the Igreja da Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, Mapu�a and the Igreja do Espirito Santo, Margao took over the existing temples. The bell tower of the Milagres proves that.
In Loutulim, our ancestral Capela da N. S. dos Milagres, in Vanxem, is a converted temple.
Mario Cabral e Sa, among others, will have many more examples.
Alfred de Tavares
From: "Gilbert Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet]Church built on Temple? Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:47:16 -0500
Sachin's question still stands on whether Catholic churches were built over Hindu Temples in Goa. It is very unfortunate that individuals who made the original statement and those who repeated it cannot (once again) back up their statements with specific examples or numbers.
Most religious leaders in their agitated and provoked state look down on another religion with scorn. Hence to build one's sacred place on top of a 'damned place' would be unusual. Logic would suggest the motive one religious establishment would be built on top of another religion's building would be in an over-crowded place like in the middle of a big city or on a prized possession like on top of an auspicious hill or an island. My guess in Goa including Goa Velha, there was plenty of land for the colonialist to build their buildings.
I have read reports of Hindu temples being destroyed during the colonial period. I have not read of any reports of churches being built on destroyed temples. In Goa where there are a limited number of churches and where the history of many of the churches are known, individuals who made the above statement should be able to back their statements with at least one example. I am not saying this event did not occur but logic would point to the contrary. Those who make the statements have the responsibility to prove their assertion. Or else it is one of those "off the cuff" Goan remarks. Gilbert
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