Telaulim or Navelim. I really do not know. However, it is interesting to note that Telaulim and Navelim are two separate villages with their own separate panchayats but have always constituted on parish. Telaulim has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel and even its own cemetery, but the chapel is affiliated to the Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Navelim. Strangely, Navelim Villages does not have its own comunidade as it forms part of Comunidade of Margao. However, Telaulim Village has its own comunidade.
It may not be out of place to add that whilst Cardinal Ivan Dias has served the Church with distinction, his brother Lt.Gen.Francisco T.Dias was General Officer Commanding Southern Command in the nineties when Gen.Sunit Rodrigues was the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army. Radharao F.Gracias, Margao. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 August 2011 14:29, Joaquim Loiola Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is mistakenly believed that Cardinal Valerian Gracias traces his roots > > to > > the village of Navelim. Navelim can claim only to ‘half’ of his roots, as > > it > > is the native village of his mother. His father, Jose Gracias, was born > in > > the village of Dramapur, which was then part of the parish of Chinchinim. > > That Dramapur does not figure in his biography is perhaps due to the > fact > > that Jose died when the future cardinal was barely two years old and the > > boy > > was brought up entirely by his mother in Karachi, where the Graciases had > > migrated soon after their marriage in Chinchinim. So Navelim, his > mother’s > > village, became since his effective Goan connection and earthing. > > > > QUESTION; Was it not Telaulim ? > > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM > > Gabe Menezes. >
