Country India District North Goa PIN 403101 Elevation 7 m | State Goa Time zone ISTN (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration GA-01 Local time Saturday 4:05 AM | |
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Salvador do Mundo (Portuguese for Saviour of the World) is a village in Bardez taluka, Goa, in India. The village is located south west of Socorro and east of Porvorim. The Mount has a Chapel, which is used to hold services during the Lenten Season. From top of the hillock a beautiful scenery, and Panjim city can be seen.
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Map of Donwaddo, Salvador Do Mundo, Bardez, Goa
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 Panchayat. All Gram Sabha meetings are held in this school.
There is also a museum located here known as the Houses of Goa Museum.
Nearby is a place named Pomburpa, where there is a Spring, with facilities to bathe.
The village consists of seven wards which are Salem, Gangoz, Umbra, Quitila, Donvaddo, Paitona, and Badem. The largest of them is Donvaddo. The village is connected to Porvorim, Penha de França, and Mapusa, by three pattos 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. Salvador do Mundo has a small place of Hindu worship known as Shree Shiv Shambo Prassana.
Church
The Salvador do Mundo Church (The Saviour of the World) was built in 1565. It is named after the patron Salvador do Mundo meaning "Saviour of the World". The main feast is on August 6, which is the celebration of the feast of the transfiguration of Lord Jesus. The priest present in the church blesses the fields.
The church is among the oldest still standing in Goa. The Parish Priest of the church is Rev.Fr. Romualdo Robin Rodrigues.
The official Chapels present in Salvador do Mundo are St. Rita (Donvaddo), St. Anne (Salem), Mãe De Deus (Paetona), St. Sebastian (Badem & Torda). The striking hallmark of the Me de Deus Chapel is the pulpit and the main altar. It belonged to the Dominican Fathers. It now requires maintenance, but the local villagers are not able meet these high costs. The chapel celebrates 250 years starting this October 2016. It will be a blessing if a well wisher would help us meet the cost of the repairs. God bless you!
São João
The feast enjoyed by people of all ages, both Christian or Hindu, is the feast of São João (Portuguese). On June 24 every year, local people get together and walk throughout the village jumping in wells on the way singing Konkani while entering people's houses. They wear hats made of cane or coconut leaves.