Santeri continues to be worshipped in aniconic form, as a consecrated anthill, in Goa’s robust folk religious traditions; meanwhile, she has also been absorbed into the religious system of the ...

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain an appeal from a Goa-born Pakistani Catholic man, who sought a direction to the ...

The Goa government is planning to provide a spiritual experience to visitors, away from the beaches, by promoting a ...

Sawant said that state govt wants to spread the message that Goa is a place where harmony prevails. “We say that all religions are equal, and through such sentiments, all feasts will be ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in a statement ... Deadly crushes occur regularly at religious festivals across India, where large crowds often gather in small areas. In January, at least ...

Goa's most iconic religious festival is held in Old Goa to honour the state's patron saint. Thousands of pilgrims from all over India-and beyond-flock to the Basilica of Bom Jesus, where the ...

Here, in north Goa’s Bicholim taluka, is the Shree Lairai Devi temple, where every year in April or May, people flock for rituals that culminate in the lighting of a bonfire from which coals are ...