Besides beaches, Goa has a number of heritage sites that include churches and temples. Some of the popular churches include the church of Our Lady of Rosary, St. Francis of Assisi, the Se Cathedral and the Basilica of Bom Jesus. Some of the main popular Hindu pilgrimage sites in Goa include Noroa River, Arvalem Waterfall, and the Water Pot of Brahma in the old Goa hills.
Luxury Indian Vacations, offers travel tours to Goa, situated in India with the Goan landscape and specifically its scattered cityscape doing justice to the self image of the beach capital as being a straight descendant from the medieval antiquities. A visit to Luxury Indian Vacations would showcase that Goa was originally a Portuguese town, with a lot of history attached to it.
Luxury Indian Vacations, takes a tourist on a journey to Goa, the beach capital of the country replete with the historicity of the European variety. Early in the Vedic period, Goa, of the present day was known by the name of Gomantak whose literal translation is, fertile land. Another legend goes on to contend that it was the Brahmin sage, Parashuram, who ordered the creation of the picturesque Konkan coast by requesting the sea to magically recede near the banks of two Goan rivers of the order of Mandovi and Zuari.
Goa, is also a much visited place due to its Portugese and Dutch heritage which amounts to several exceedingly beautiful mansions and churches being built in the beach capital of India. Universidade de Goa is one college, which is more commonly known by the name of College of St. Paul, Old Goa. On the lines of the esteemed colleges and Universities in Europe, this college too grants degrees like that of master of arts and Doctoral degrees along with providing higher education in music, latin, arts and sciences. The architecture bears the façade of a church.
Goa, is also known for the remains of the body of St. Francis Xavier. The silver coffin in which the body is kept is known for the work of the local Goan goldsmiths but the style remains entirely that of India. The surrounding pillars are Italian in pattern as Italian workers supervised the work.
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Luxury Indian Vacations, provides travel tour booking and travel packages to witness the heritage of Goa, located in India.
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