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North Goa is known and loved as a land of golden beaches, palm trees, paddy fields and wooded hills. Its churches, temples, shrines and forts tell its history. It is associated with music, the famous Goan cuisine and most of all with a peace-loving,friendly,cheerful and smiling set of people.
The Gomantak being one of the ancient gateways of India, through its portals have passed many a prince and potentate, merchant and medicant, saint and soldier. The interplay of the cultures brought to Goa across the Sahyadri mountains in the east and the Arabian sea in the west, has left an indelible impression on various aspects of the cultural development of Goa, through the passage of time.
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