Salvador do Mundo
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Salvador do Mundo | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Goa |
| District | North Goa |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Konkani |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 403101 |
| Vehicle registration | GA-01 |
Salvador do Mundo (Portuguese for Saviour of the World) is a village in Bardez taluka, Goa, in India.[1] Shortened to Saloi by locals, the village is located south west of Socorro and east of Porvorim. The Mount has a Chapel, which has an Annual Festive Day. From top of the hillock a beautiful scenery, and Panjim city can be seen.[citation needed]
Geography
Salvador do Mundo is located at 15°31′57″N 73°51′28″E. It has an elevation of 7 metres
The school in Salvador do Mundo is known as Smt. Sunandabai Bandodkar High School, which is near the Village Panchayats. All Gram Sabha meetings are held in this school.
There is also a museum located here known as the Houses of Goa Museum.[citation needed]
Nearby is a place named Pomburpa, where there is Spring, with facilities to bathe.[citation needed]
The village consists of seven wards which are Salem, Gangoz, Umbrah, Quitila, Donvaddo, Paithona, and Badem.[citation needed] The largest of them is Donvaddo. The village is connected to Porvorim, Britona, and Mapusa, by three pattos[clarification needed] respectively.
The pattos are covered by water on one side and paddy fields on the other. The area is hilly and mostly forested by teak, cashew and mango. The western part has paddy fields that is watered by a tidal creek that feeds into the Mapusa River.
Religion
Temple
Salvador do Mundo has a history that revolves around some temples of Vandevta, Vital, Vhoddhi, and Dhaktli Jandevta, that was built in 1565.[citation needed] Salvador do Mundo has a small place of Hindu worship known as Shree Shiv Shambo Prassana.[citation needed]
Church
The Salvador do Mundo Church (The Saviour of the World) was built in 1565.[2] It is named after the patron Saint Salvador Saib meaning "Saviour of the World". The main feast is on 6 August, in which the feast of transfigurations of the Lord Jesus is celebrated. The priest present in the church blesses the fields.
The church is among the oldest still standing in Goa. The Parish Pries of the church is Fr. Gualberto Desouza who is a resident of Guirim
The official Chapels present in Salvador do Mundo are St. Rita's Chapel (Donvaddo), St Anne (Salem), Mae De Deus (Paithona), St Sebastian (Badem, Torda)
São João
The feast enjoyed by people of all ages, both Christian or Hindu, is the feast of São João (Portuguese).[citation needed] On this day,[when?] local people get together and walk throughout the village jumping in wells on the way singing Konkani songs on the way and while entering people's houses. The people wear hats made of cane or coconut leaves.
References
- ^ Salvador do Mundo, WikiMapia.
- ^ Saviour of the World, Salvador do Mundo, WikiMapia.