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The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição) is located in Panjim, Goa, India. The Church conducts Mass every day in English, Konkani, and Portuguese.

The colonial Portuguese Baroque style church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panjim. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 1600s as part of Portuguese Goa's religious expansion.This church houses the ancient bell that was removed from the Augustinian ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Graça) in the once famed city of Old Goa. This bell is considered to be the second largest of its kind in Goa, surpassed only by the Golden Bell which resides in the Sé Cathedral in Old Goa.
Location
The church is located in Panjim and sits atop a hill facing the square below. The city's municipal garden (Garcia da orta) lies to its southeast and can be seen from atop the hill. The site was once the location of a colonial port landing where ships sailing from Lisbon made first call, and where sailors disembarked before proceeding further inland to Ela (now Old Goa) – the capital of Goa until the 19th century. A laterite stone walkway with zigzag stairs ascend the church while lines of thin and tall palm trees form part of the scene.

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Basilica of Bom Jesus
The Basilica of Bom Jesus (Portuguese: Basílica do Bom Jesus; Konkani: Borea Jezuchi Bajilika) is a Catholic basilica located in Goa, in the Konkan region of India. The iconic church is a pilgrimage centre and recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The basilica is located in Old Goa, the former capital of Portuguese India, and holds the mortal remains of St Francis Xavier.
Construction work on the church began in 1594 , but still no one was able to put a cross upon the church. The church was consecrated in May 1605 by the archbishop, Dom Fr. Aleixo de Menezes. This world heritage monument has emerged as a landmark in the history of Christianity. It contains the body of St. Francis Xavier, a very close friend of St. Ignatius Loyola with whom he founded the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Francis Xavier died on Sancian Island, Chuandao (川島鎮), Taishan while en route to continental China on 3 December 1552. It is also believed that the body is of Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.
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Dona Paula Beach
This historic monument is named after the Goa Viceroy’s daughter Dona Paula de Menezes during colonial rule. Dona Paula was a very kind woman and she fell in love with a local fisherman of Goa and decided to marry him but her relationship was denied by her father and she fell off the cliff as a result. Today, locals share some haunted stories about Dona Paula and refer to this area as `lovers” paradise” of Goa.

Adding to the beauty is the vast stretch of beach with tall palm trees. Dona Paula Beach also is the meeting point of the Zuari and Mandovi Rivers making it a perfect place to click memorable pictures. Tourists visit this destination to see the whitewashed statue, commonly referred as the ‘Image of India’, portraying Mother India along with Young India. The beach hosts a lot of water sports activities as well as it is common to spot Bollywood personalities around this area.

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People on the beach of Anjuna. Curlies is the most popular among the Anjuna beach shacks and the oldest one (late 1980s). Curlies is for those looking to (trance) party in Goa. God is a DJ and everyone's body is a temple. Anjuna, Goa, India.