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Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception  
   

Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

As you can appreciate, this dominates central Panjim and was the spiritual beacon for arriving Portuguese sailors.
A fish jumped over my head....

November 28th 2007
No, this wasn’t the effect of any dodgy stuff that I might have smoked/drunk/eaten, but exactly what happened when I was body-surfing waves off Palolem beach in Goa one day last week. And it seemed like a fun title for a blog (thanks, David!). But to back up a bit. Goa… the Costa del Sol of India. Brit package holidays with a touch of the exotic. Hippy heaven. Kathmandu-by-the-sea. ... read more
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Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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