Showing posts with label Goa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goa. Show all posts

Another Shade of Fort Aguada, GOA

Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort in Goa, on Sinquerim Beach. This is a 4-storey light house built by the Portuguese. This is one of a kind light house in the whole of Asia. Now it is used a functioning jail in Goa.
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A Shade of Fort Aguada, GOA

Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort in Goa, on Sinquerim Beach. It is well known for its fresh water springs within the fort. In early days, the ships that passed by the Aguada fort used this springs to replenish their fresh water reserves. There is also a 4-storey light house (the white structure in the pic above) built by the Portuguese. This is one of a kind light house in the whole of asia. Now it is used a functioning jail in Goa.
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Another Shade of Coco Beach, GOA

An early morning shot of the Rising Sun from our Hotel Window at Coco Beach. Coco Beach, basically a fishing village is a very quite beach. It is a picnic spot for Goan families as well as a lot of foreign tourists. It is situated among a large number of palm trees. Coco beach is well known for Water sports and boating trips organized there.
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Basilica of Bom Jesus, GOA

The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a UNESCO world heritage site located in Goa, India. The basilica holds the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. 'Bom Jesus' [Good (or Holy) Jesus'] is the name used for the infant Jesus. The Jesuit church is India’s first minor basilica, and is considered to be one of the best examples of baroque architecture in India. It also has the relics of St. Francis Xavier, Patron saint of Goa.
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Another Shade of Vagator Beach - Bardez, Goa

Vagator Beach - Bardez, Goa
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Vagator Beach - Bardez, Goa

Vagator Beach, Goa
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Fort Aguada, GOA

Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort in Goa, on Sinquerim Beach. It is well known for its fresh water springs within the fort. In early days, the ships that passed by the Aguada fort used this springs to replenish their fresh water reserves. There is also a 4-storey light house built by the Portuguese. This is one of a kind light house in the whole of asia. Now it is used a functioning jail in Goa.
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Coco Beach, GOA

Coco Beach: Situated at the mouth of the Nerul River on the Mandovi Estuary, bang opposite Panaji. Coco Beach, basically a fishing village is a very quite beach. It is a picnic spot for Goan families as well as a lot of foreign tourists. It is situated among a large number of palm trees. Coco beach is well known for Water sports and boating trips organized here.
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Church of St. Francis de Assisi, Colvale Goa


Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Old Goa: Adjacent to the Cathedral is this church. Built in the 17th Century, a beautiful octagonal tabernacle ornately decorated has two statues, one of St Francis of Assisi and the other of Jesus on the cross. Vows of poverty, humility and obedience of St. Francis of Assisi are scripted right below these two statues.
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Lucky Snake or Unlucky Fish?


Irony: Lucky Snake or Unlucky Fish 
Clicked at Nageshi Temple. Ponda, Goa
This is a perfect example of the famous biological statement " Survival of the Fittest ". It was a fierce race between the snake and the fish, where the fish tried its level best to save herself from being lunch to the snake. But how can science be wrong (sometimes it does but not this time).
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