| Goa is India’s smallest state in area and it is the one of the beautiful holiday destination in India. Goa is a very old place in India. Also it has got many historical aspects which describes about Indian history. So, it has several tourist places. The Goa is divided into two districts, the north Goa and south Goa. In the northern part of Goa, we can see the historical places which are connected to the history of the nation. The southern part of Goa is also called new Goa. Thus it’s called holiday spot. Goa is plentiful with famous churches and temples and a harmonious co-existence win through between people of various faiths. Irrespective of whether they are Catholic, Hindu or Muslim, many Goa people prostrate in symbiotic reverence before deities of other faiths than the one they profess. Religion dwells in the hearts of Goa people wherever in the world they may be.
Goa has got very good transport facilities. The Kadamba Transport Corporation runs long distance services throughout the state from their main stands at Panjim, Mapusa and Margao and from locations in the adjoining states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Private buses, serving everywhere else, including the coastal resorts are affordable, frequent and provide a relaxed mode of commuting.
The Konkan Railway makes Goa easily accessible by rail from cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Mangalore, Ernakulam, Thiruvanthapuram. Goa is also linked to Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune via Londa.
Major hotels in Goa have coach services to and from Dabolim Airport, 30 kms from the state capital Panaji for picking up and dropping off their guests. The airport has a pre-paid taxi counter. All the major airline services have daily flights to Goa from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune and twice a week from Chennai and Kochi. International service airlines also connect Goa with Kuwait and Sharjah twice a week. Direct charter flights operate from UK, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Russia and other countries.
As, India is a land of different cultures, we have different festivals Many Goan festivals are actually zatras (feasts) of the local or family deity celebrated at the temple of the god or goddess. Other festivals like Dussehra, Diwali and Holi are the same as those celebrated around India but with a characterstic Goan flavour. The Goan Hindu community mainly celebrates Ganesh Chathurti, Gudi Padwa, Diwali, Dussehra, Holi, Rakshabandhan, Ramnavmi and Krishna Janmashtami.
Festivals are an integral part of Goan life. Every little hamlet has a tiny temple or a church with a special annual zatra or a festa. An outstanding aspect of life in Goa is its harmony and there is always a reason to celebrate. The confluence of cultures is reflected vividly in the music of the church and the hymns of the temple.
Revelry, music and dance, flow through the blood of the Goan community. As a result of 450 years of colonization by the Portuguese, Goan music has evolved to a form that is quite different from traditional Indian music. The Goa tourism join up from the East and West has produced some of India’s best artistes, both in Indian classical and Western music. The most popular forms of post Portuguese music were the mando and the dulpod, whilst dekhni is one of the most well-known forms of dance. |
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