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Big Foot Museum
Big Foot Museum is a museum and a theme park based in the South Goa, India, village of Loutolim in the sub-district (or ''taluka'') of Salcete. It is a museum dedicated to rural Goan life. It was founded and is run by the artist Maendra Alvares. Loutolim is close to Margao. Themes, rural life This privately run venture recreates a Goan village in miniature that seeks to depict what the local rural life was in the past, over a century ago. The museum is located in an open-air setting. Depictions The Ancestral Goa museum -- with statues of a Portuguese soldier brandishing a spear, a statue of Parashurama, Lord Parashuram, a fisherman, and other villagers, women selling fish, farmers working in paddy fields and other occupations of the past -- has been described in ''The Indian Express'' as nearby "the Casa Alvares mansion that belonged to the Portuguese lawyer Araujo Alvares. It is peppered with antiques, paintings and period furniture... typical shell windows, the high ceiling an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loutolim
Loutolim or Loutulim ''Lottli'' pronounced:, Portuguese: ''Loutulim)'' is a large village of South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is an important settlement in the Salcete sub-district. Etymology Loutolim derives its name from ''Lovótollem'', coined from the Konkani words—''Lovó'', a type of grass and ''Tollem'', a pond—since those grasses used to grow abundantly around the pond. In Konkani, the local language, the village is known as ''Lottli'' and its native inhabitants are referred to as ''Lottlikar''. History According to a legend, Brahmins from northern India founded the settlement of Loutolim when they emigrated to Goa after the Saraswati River in their homeland dried up. The village community was based around the temple of Shri Ramnath. There were other smaller temples dedicated to Shri Santeri (Shantadurga) in the village. A new temple of Shri Ramnath was built recently at the same spot. The original idol of Shri Ramnath now st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
