GOA in the Monsoon

A statue of a saint in the Bom Jesus Church in Old Goa, Goa, India En staty av ett helgon i Bom Jesus kyrkan i Old Goa, Goa, Indien

Pulpit canopy Sao Diogo Church, Guirim, Goa (India)

We arrived at the Milagres Church in Mapusa (Goa, India) just after the end of a funeral service. This is the last of the mourners following the coffin through the Monsoon rain.

Milagres Church (rebuilt 1674), Mapusa, Goa (India)

Pulpit in Sao Diogio Church, Guirim, Goa (India)

Ceiling of the nave of Sao Diogio Church, Guirim, Goa (India)

Words in the Konkani language in Sao Diogio Church, Guirim, Goa (India). "Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India. It has approximately 3.6 million speakers of its two individual languages, Konkani and Goan Konkani, members of Konkani macrolanguage. Most of the linguists have classified Konkani languages as part of southern group of Indo-Aryan languages, most closely related to Marathi within this group. ... Konkani is the official language in the Indian state of Goa and is also one of the official languages of India. Devanagari has been mandated as the official script. Though Konkani does not have a unique script, scripts of the other languages native to the regions its speakers inhabit are used." From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language

The ruined tower of Nossa Senhora da Graca in Old Goa viewed from across the River Mandovi in Goa (India)

Pulpit in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade On Divar island in the River Mandovi, Goa (India)