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The awards were presented at the hands of Dayanand Mandrekar Minister for Art and Culture, Director Prasad Lolienkar and Secretary Daulat Hawaldar IAS

12 awardees are

Chedo Subha Parwar Priol, Ponda and Anil Ganesh Kondurkar Mormugao for Indian Music, Jerome Rodrigues, Cuncolim, Salcete for Western Music, Arun Ramchandra Sakhardande, Mapusa, Bardez and Smt Leena Satish Pednekar, Cumbarjua, Tiswadi for Literature, Pradeep Chandrakant Vernekar, Panaji, Tiswadi, Pralhad Babai Hadfadkar, Aldona, Bardez, Theodore Alvares, Saligao, Bardez, and Jose Xavier Gomes, Cumbarjua, Tiswadi for Theatre, Tiatr, Balaji Raghuvir Kamat, StCruz, Tiswadi for Bhajan, Mahendra Tulshidas Gaonkar, Cumbarjua, Tiswadi for Folk Art and Mohan Ganesh Mayekar, Mormugao for Fine Art

The Best Cultural Institution award conferred on Rudreshwar, Panaji-Goa

Panaji MLA Sidhart Kuncolienkar also seen

more details here

joegoauk-tiatr.blogspot.in/2016/11/goa-state-awards-to-xa...

the awardees

Commissioning of Goa - Rajdhani Train by Joegoauk Goa

Inaugural run

At Madgaon Station on 15.11.15

Train no: 22413 /22414

Twice weekly runs on Sun / Mon from Margao (MAO) eff.22.11.15

and Fri/Sat from Delhi (NZM) eff 20.11.15

Stops at Tivim, Kudal, Ratnagiri, Panvel, Vassai Road, Surat, Vadodar and Kota Jn

Video here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti94VwP3biI

More info here

joegoauk.blogspot.in/2014/08/karmali-railway-station-goa....

Goa by Farhiz Karanjawala

Carved stone border around a mirror in the main lobby.

IFFI Goa 2014 Inaugural day Ceremony by joegoaukiffi3

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium

Taleigao, Bambolim

20th Nov. 2014

Dances by national award winning dancer Shobhana Pillai

More here

iffigoablog.blogspot.com/2014/11/iffi-2014-goa.html

Bollywood Dance program

Goa by Aaron Geddes

Goa, India

January/February 2013

Goa 2013 by Kiran Chand

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GOA, India by Vitaly Alyonkin

GOA, India

Goa Lawah Temple by Jorge Láscar

Being an extraordinary phenomenon, Goa Lawah is considered holy. A temple with shrines protects the entrance. The cave is said to extend all the way back to Besakih, and may continue to an underground river that comes up, it is said, at Pura Goa (Cave temple) within the Besakih complex - a temple associated with the mythological naga or serpent Basuki which is also honored at Pura Goa Lawah, where a snake is supposed to live, feeding on bats.

Further explanation, Pura Goa Lawah (the Bat Cave Temple) is one of the island's nine special Sad Kahyangan Temples, and as such it is the designated holy place to honour the God Maheswara who resides in this section of the island. Religious processions visit the temple every day, and it is a particular focus for religious rites associated with death. Goa Lawah Temple located along the coast of southeastern Bali just west of Candidasa. The center of the temple is built around a cave filled with thousands of bat that make the roof of the cave their homes. Its entrances are guarded by a temple believed to be found by a sage nine centuries ago.

The Goa Lawah temple is situated on a slight embankment and the name is derived from the thousands bats that are living at the ceiling and walls of the cave.The cave is also said to lead all the way to Pura Goa in Besakih, some 30 km away, but nobody in recent times has volunteered to confirm this since the fruit bats provide sustenance for the legendary giant snake, Naga Basuki, which is also believed to live in the cave. This ancient reptile is believed to be the caretaker of the earth's equilibrium, a belief which stems from pre-Hindu animism [bali-individually.com]

A Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple.[1] and the place of worship for the adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia. Puras are built in accordance to rules, style, guidance and rituals found in Balinese architecture. Most of the puras are found on the island of Bali, as Hinduism is the predominant religion in the island; however many puras exist in other parts of Indonesia where there are significant numbers of Balinese people. Mother Temple of Besakih is the most important, the largest and holiest temple in Bali. A large number of puras have been built in Bali, leading it to gain the nickname "the Island of a Thousand Puras" [Wikipedia.org]

Baga Beach, Goa by Arjun Shekar

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Goa's famous Baga Beach at Sunset !

Goa by marco.manieri

goa india lamiaasia

goa by Pablo Ares Gastesi

A nice building (a church, most likely, but Idid not get close to check it) in Panaji, Goa

Goa Lawah Temple by Jorge Láscar

Being an extraordinary phenomenon, Goa Lawah is considered holy. A temple with shrines protects the entrance. The cave is said to extend all the way back to Besakih, and may continue to an underground river that comes up, it is said, at Pura Goa (Cave temple) within the Besakih complex - a temple associated with the mythological naga or serpent Basuki which is also honored at Pura Goa Lawah, where a snake is supposed to live, feeding on bats.

Further explanation, Pura Goa Lawah (the Bat Cave Temple) is one of the island's nine special Sad Kahyangan Temples, and as such it is the designated holy place to honour the God Maheswara who resides in this section of the island. Religious processions visit the temple every day, and it is a particular focus for religious rites associated with death. Goa Lawah Temple located along the coast of southeastern Bali just west of Candidasa. The center of the temple is built around a cave filled with thousands of bat that make the roof of the cave their homes. Its entrances are guarded by a temple believed to be found by a sage nine centuries ago.

The Goa Lawah temple is situated on a slight embankment and the name is derived from the thousands bats that are living at the ceiling and walls of the cave.The cave is also said to lead all the way to Pura Goa in Besakih, some 30 km away, but nobody in recent times has volunteered to confirm this since the fruit bats provide sustenance for the legendary giant snake, Naga Basuki, which is also believed to live in the cave. This ancient reptile is believed to be the caretaker of the earth's equilibrium, a belief which stems from pre-Hindu animism [bali-individually.com]

A Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple.[1] and the place of worship for the adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia. Puras are built in accordance to rules, style, guidance and rituals found in Balinese architecture. Most of the puras are found on the island of Bali, as Hinduism is the predominant religion in the island; however many puras exist in other parts of Indonesia where there are significant numbers of Balinese people. Mother Temple of Besakih is the most important, the largest and holiest temple in Bali. A large number of puras have been built in Bali, leading it to gain the nickname "the Island of a Thousand Puras" [Wikipedia.org]

Goa beach wallpaper by Bryan Adams

Goa beach wallpaper

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