205) WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 1978 : 200KMS. - PANAJI
We arrived PANAJI, the state capital of GOA,
which is a popular place for hippies. The city used
to be under Portuguese possession as colony, led by Alfonso d’Albuquerque or commonly known as Albuquerque the Great
in 1510.
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| PANAJI/PANJIM - Photo : lt.wikipedia.org / Google images search |
The Catholic Christianity then had started
to settle in India. GOA
became under the rule of India later in 1961.
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| Church of Our Lady, PANAJI - Photo : wikipedia.org / Google images search |
There were remains of bastions and churches of older days and new ones. Many traditional style - large villa houses remain to be seen.
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| Basilica of Bom Jesus, PANAJI - Photo : wikipedia.org / Google images search caption |
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