Assagao is a village in
Bardez
''Bardez'' or ''Bardes'' ( IPA: ) is a ''taluka'' of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.
Etymology
The name is credited to the Saraswat Brahmin immigrants who emigrated to the Konkan via Magadha plains in northern India. B ...
,
Goa
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, India located about 4 kilometres west of
Mapusa
Mapusa () is a city in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the state capital of Panaji. The city is the headquarters of Bardez taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. During Portuguese Indi ...
. It is known as the "Land of Flowers" as well as several other nicknames – "Goa’s South Extension", "Artist’s village", "The
Beverly Hills
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of Goa", "Goa’s
Tuscany
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". The village is surrounded by hills. From Mapusa town, the road u-turns uphill and, while descending the pass in the small plateau, splits into two parallel roads: one which proceeds straight along the
St. Cajetan Church,
Assagao Union High School to
Anjuna and the other, which passes by Pallottine
Seminary
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and Panchayat Office straight to Badem. The popular beaches of
Anjuna and
Vagator are to the west of Assagao.
History
Like all of Goa, Assagao was long held by the Portuguese. The early inhabitants of Assagao were
Saraswat Brahmins
Saraswat Brahmins are spread over widely separated regions spanning from Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Kashmir and Punjab in North India to Konkan coast, Konkan in West India to Kanara (coastal region of Karnataka) and Kerala in South In ...
of the Atri gotra. There must have been others too. But all were invariably Hindu with Ravalnath being the presiding deity.
Education
Assagao is home to educational institutions including
Agnel Institute of Technology and Design Engineering College,
DMC College,
Assagao Union High School and Government Primary Schools.
Sports
Football
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and
cricket
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are popular sports in the village. During Monsoon people play football, and an inter-ward football tournament is organised every year. Cricket is played during summer.
Geography
Assagao is located at at an elevation of above MSL.
[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/33/Assagao.html Map and weather of Assagao]
Places of interest
* Assagao Heritage Walk
*
St. Cajetan church is architecturally similar to St Alex's Church in
Calangute.
* Dossa-zor spring
* Ghatyeshwar Temple
References
External links
About Assagao
Villages in North Goa district
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