I am surprised that Gilbert would want to back peddle or feign ignorance on this issue. It is very well established that many churches were built over destroyed temples. As another example to Alfred's list, one should make a visit to the Divar temple, oops church. What is interesting here is that some portions of the cemetery area still contains remnants of the Hindu temple that used to stand there. Another revisionist history project for Gilbert? Marlon
--- Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, many churches and chapels in Goa occupy > erstwhile Hindu temples are are > built on the sites of those demolished. > > It was not a question of lack of real estate but > rather of supremacy: > Psycologically, nothing surmounts to a greater > degree the paramountcy of the > latest comer/invader than their God/gods lording it > over those that the > subjugated peoples deified. > > For a certainity, the Igreja da Nossa Senhora dos > Milagres, Mapu�a and the > Igreja do Espirito Santo, Margao took over the > existing temples. The bell > tower of the Milagres proves that. > > In Loutulim, our ancestral Capela da N. S. dos > Milagres, in Vanxem, is a > converted temple. > > Mario Cabral e Sa, among others, will have many more > examples. > > Alfred de Tavares > > >From: "Gilbert Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Goanet]Church built on Temple? > >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:47:16 -0500 > > > >Sachin's question still stands on whether Catholic > churches were built > >over Hindu Temples in Goa. It is very unfortunate > that individuals who > >made the original statement and those who repeated > it cannot (once > >again) back up their statements with specific > examples or numbers. > > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
