Loutolim: A peaceful lush green village in South Goa

Loutolim

Located in South Goa, the beautiful village of Loutolim with its lush paddy fields and magnificent Goan houses is truly something to behold. Some of the finest examples of architecture can be seen here in the numerous old houses and mansions that are scattered all over the village. It is also famous for the Ancestral […]

Ancestral Goa – Where a bygone era comes to life

‘Mirabai’ – the inspiration behind Maendra Alvares’s Ancestral Goa Almost 22 years ago, in 1983, Maendra Jocelino Araujo Alvares, decided to tread a path untrod.  He single-handedly sculpted a monolith of gigantic proportions – that of ‘Sant Mirabai’. Maendra finished sculpting the masterpiece within a record 34 days. Chiselled out of a single laterite rock that […]