supported by Ministry of Tourism Government of India. Every ten years, Goa reverberates with spiritual fervour as the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier ...

Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar's new book examines how colonial power shaped the visual and political representation of Goa's ...

St. Francis Xavier continues to captivate the ... His missionary efforts extended beyond Goa to other regions of South India, including Cochin and the Cape of Comorin, and reached Japan and ...

Today St Francis Xavier is the patron of Goa ... Today Francis Xavier is a symbol of Goa’s—and India’s—syncretism. That is the true target of the new holy warriors.

The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies - particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier - illustrate the evangelization of ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier ... embarked on a long and dangerous voyage to Goa, India where he landed 13 months later.

is catching a glimpse of the ornate tomb of 16th Century saint and Jesuit St Francis Xavier at the iconic Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa from afar. Enshrined in an elaborate tomb carved by ...

The annual feast day of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goa, is one of the most important ... and pilgrims coming from other states of India can book these for a mass in their language.

Famous for being the first Minor Basilica in India, the Basilica of ... mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. St Francis is considered the patron saint of Goa and the Apostle of the Indies.

More recently, India put relic diplomacy into practice ... I P Newman Fernandes, in his book St Francis Xavier and Old Goa, said that Xavier then left for China, accompanied by Fr Gago, Br Alvaro ...

Panaji: The Maharashtra and Goa postal circle issued a special cancellation to mark the closing of the decennial Exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics on Sunday. It was launched at two ...

In addition to the holidays prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India, Goa celebrates festivals such as Carnival, Easter, and Feast of St. Francis Xavier. On these significant occasions, banks will ...