Verna, Goa

Verna
Verna
Village
	Padre Conceição College of Engineering in Verna
	Verna Location of Verna in Goa Verna Verna (India)
	Coordinates: 15°20′57″N 73°55′53″E / 15.34917°N 73.93139°E
Country	India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Sub-district	Salcete
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postcode	403722
Area code	0832
Website	goa.gov.in

Verna is a village in Salcete, Goa, India, adjacent to the village of Nagoa. It is located approximately 10 km north of the South Goa district headquarters Margão, 18 km south-east of Vasco da Gama and 23 km south-east of the state capital Panjim.It has the hub of Verna Industrial Area where lot of people from different parts of India come to work in the production sector.

Geography

Verna is located in Salcete, South Goa. Its geographical coordinates are 15°20′57″N 73°55′53″E / 15.34917°N 73.93139°E / 15.34917; 73.93139.

Etymology

The village is named after the Sanctuary of La Verna in Italy. The place is said to have been called Varunapuri earlier.

Education

The Padre Conceição College of Engineering (PCCE) is a private engineering college in Verna. The college is a part of Agnel Technical Education Complex, Verna, Goa and is the first private engineering college in the state.^{[citation needed]}

Places of worship

Mahalasa Narayani temple at Verna plateau.^[1]
Holy Cross Church is the parish church of Verna.

By Rail

Verna railway station , Cansaulim Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Verna. How ever Madgaon Rail Way Station is major railway station 11 KM near to Verna

Airports

Airports nearest to Verna; sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Dabolim Airport (distanced approximately 14 km)
Belgaum Airport (distanced approximately 94 km)
Kolhapur Airport (distanced approximately 150 km)
Ratnagiri Airport (distanced approximately 190 km)
Mangalore Airport (distanced approximately 290 km)

References

^ "Shri Mahalasa temple at Verna". Shri Mahalasa Narayani Temple Shrikshetra Varenyapuri, Old Mardol, Verna, Salcette, GOA. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

External links

Padre Conceicao College of Engineering official website

[maha-1] "Shri Mahalasa temple at Verna". Shri Mahalasa Narayani Temple Shrikshetra Varenyapuri, Old Mardol, Verna, Salcette, GOA. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

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