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Art & Crafts Goa The Kala Academy of Goa, a state-sponsored autonomous organization, was set up in 1970 to revive and enrich the long traditions of Goan Art and Culture spanning over 2,000 years more details...

Arvalem Caves A mythical background is attached to these caves. Some are of the opinion that these caves have been carved by the traveling Buddhist monks more details...

Climatic conditions of Goa are temperate, except during the monsoon, which lasts from June to September. Thanks to the coastal Konkan region and the backdrop of Western Ghats, weather of Goa is pleasant and sunny more details...

Goa Cuisines is the home of the famous Vindaloo, originally an extra-hot and sour pork curry, but now made with a variety of meat and fish. Other Pork specialties include Chourico red Sausages, Sarpotel more details...

Dances in Goa Dashavatara term refers to the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu ('Das' means ten, 'Avatar' means incarnations). Scholars are divided into two groups as far as the origin of the dance is concerned more details...

Entertainment When it comes to hanging around in Goa are Shacks. Located on the beach these shacks provide adequate shelter to those who might want stay away from the scorching sun and enjoy the sea breeze more details...

Forts of Goa A spring within the fort provided water supply to the ships that called there, giving it the name "Aguada" (meaning 'water' in Portuguese) more details...

Goa Music is a land of music, often admired as 'a Nest Of Singing Birds'. This tiny land, cradled between the Sahyadris and the Arabian Sea, speaks with the beat of 'Ghumat' and note of Violin the year round more details...

Lakes in Goa Just east of Old Goa, the lily-covered Carambolin Lake has an enormous amount of waterfowl, many Egrets and Heron, Bronze-Winged more details...


Goa Languages is a multi-lingual state, thanks to its chequered history of thousands of years, which has seen people of various regions, ethnic races and religions from India and abroad settling in Goa and influencing the local language more details...

Monuments of Goa ancestral Goa is a mock up village dating Back a century. Built in a verdant hillside, a guided trek takes one down the Goan memory lane more details...

Museums and Art Gallery has been functioning since 1964 in the abandoned convent of St. Francis of Assisi and is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India more details...

Religions of Goa The major religions are Hinduism and Christianity, together accounting for more than 95% of the population, while Islam, Buddhism and other religions account for the rest more details...

Transport of Goa A popular alternative to watching the sunset from a beach bar - at least for most Indian tourists - is an evening River Cruise along the Mandovi from Panjim more details...

Water Falls in Goa While leaving the temple of Rudreshwar, one can descend the staircase to look at a majestic waterfall shedding its exuberant silvery showers more details...

Water Sports in Goa The long coastal area offers a wonderful opportunity to indulge in all sorts of water sport activities. A number of government and private organizations including hotels more details...