Raia (village)
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Raia is a quiet and picturesque village and part of the Margao
Metropolitan
area in the South Goa district in the state of Goa
, India
close to the city of Margao
.
Raia village is close to the Lotulim, Ambora, Rachol, Maina village. Raia is famous for its Harvest feast Konsache fest celebrated with great festivity on August 5 every year. The feast mass is celebrated at Our Lady of Snows Church ,Raia.
It has the distinction of being the first village in Salcette
to have been Christianised, when it's populace was converted en masse to Christianity
in 1560.
Margao
Margao and commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is the administrative headquarters of South Goa district and of the Salcete taluka.- Etymology :...
Metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
area in the South Goa district in the state of Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
close to the city of Margao
Margao
Margao and commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is the administrative headquarters of South Goa district and of the Salcete taluka.- Etymology :...
.
Raia village is close to the Lotulim, Ambora, Rachol, Maina village. Raia is famous for its Harvest feast Konsache fest celebrated with great festivity on August 5 every year. The feast mass is celebrated at Our Lady of Snows Church ,Raia.
It has the distinction of being the first village in Salcette
Salcette
Salcette , is a taluka of South Goa District in the Indian state of Goa. Its administrative and economic headquarters is Margao. It is largely coterminous with a region called Sashti , which comprised, by local tradition, sixty-six villages, hence the name. However, it also includes the taluka of...
to have been Christianised, when it's populace was converted en masse to Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
in 1560.