On the menu..
- Se Catherdral,
- Basilica of Bom Jesus,
- Ruin of st. Augustine Church,
- Santa Monica,
- Our lady of rosary,
- the Mangueshi temple and
- the Shantadurga temple.
Se' Cathedral.. This is said to be the largest Church structure in Asia.. One part of the Church remains the church , the remaining part has been converted into a Museum.
Basilica of Bom Jesus..
Se Catherdral and Basilica of Bom Jesus are just a road apart..
The Basilica of Bom Jesus clicked from Se Catherdral compound..
This was the first time I have seen such an idol of jesus..
Some more click of the Se Catherdral before we leave from there..
We left from there in search of Santa Monica and the Ruins of St Augustine church... I did not ask the locals and we kept driving on the lovely Goan roads.. We reached a point where I thought its good to ask :)
The locals said, both of these are in Old Goa from where you just arrived :D, so I asked if there is anything which I can visit which i towards the direction we are driving.. He said you can visit the Mangueshi Temple (Lord Shiva temple) and the Shantadurga Temple..
So here we go to the Mangueshi temple first..
The temple is really beautiful.. looks like its been repainted very recently..
And then the Shantadurga temple..
We saw this Church on the hilltop from the Shantadurga parking lot and decided to visit.. We went in rounds in search of the road which goes to the church... One of the roads was blocked so might be that would lead to this church..
Wasted a lot of time today... Came back to the Se catherdral are for some shopping and saw the information board for Ruins of St Augustine.. *sigh* how dumb of me :)
We went to Santa monica/St Augustine, but it was already past 5.30.. and all these churches close at 5.30pm..
Tomorrow is anyways a rest day.. So we decided to visit these places tomorrow morning at leisure..
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