Oral history has it that Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
church, in Socorro, Bardez, was built in the general
vicinity of where a Hindu temple once existed in a
ward called Zoswado (probably a corruption of the
original Joshivaddo). The temple was not razed to
construct the church on the exact
I do not know about other churches which are actually converted temples, but
the church at Mapusa is definitely one of them. Alfred de Tavares calls it
the Igreja da Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, Mapuça . So do most people, even
Mapsekars, although the church is actually dedicated to St. Jerome [not
Tim de Mello says: If you ask most Catholics in Goa if their church was
built on the site of a Hindu temple, they will reply by saying they do not
know for sure but - yes, probably. This is accepted by both Catholics and
Hindus and there is no indication that any party (religious or political)
If you ask most Catholics in Goa if their church was built on the site of a
Hindu temple, they will reply by saying they do not know for sure but - yes,
probably.
This is accepted by both Catholics and Hindus and there is no indication
that any party (religious or political) wants to reverse
--- Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had raised this issue not in this context, but because of a statement
posted on this list that the BJP in Goa is asking for the return of the
destroyed sites. I had not heard of such statements, and I wanted to have a
confirmation.
appreciate
if he could clarify.
Sachin Phadte
From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:47:16 -0500
Subject: [Goanet]Church built on Temple?
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Sachin's question still stands on whether Catholic churches were built over
Church built on Temple?
Santosh Helekar:
This is a thread wherein I support Gilbert's quest to find out the
truth - to ask the Goan journalists, GoaNetters and other such amateur
historians to prove the claims made by professional historians, and then
revise Goan history if these folks are unable
. 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]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet]Church built on Temple?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:47:16
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
