The Emblem of Goa is the official emblem of the Government of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

, a

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Design

The emblem depicts a "Vriksha Deep", a type of diya lamp, at its centre. The lamp represents enlightenment through knowledge and is surrounded by a stylised design of coconut leaves which represent the bountiful and beautiful aspects of Goa. A

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

motto appears above the lamp and can be translated as ''"may everyone see goodness, may none suffer any pain"'' (

Devnagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

: सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात्; ''Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhamāpnuyāt''). The crest is formed by the

National Emblem of India The State Emblem of India is the national emblem of the Republic of India and is used by the union government, many state governments, and other government agencies. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, an ancient sculptur ...

, the Lions of Sarnath, and the arms are supported by two open hands.

History

Portuguese India

Goa was administered by

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from 1510 until 1961 when it was annexed by India. File:Blason of Goa (ancient).svg, Coat of arms of

Portuguese India The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...

(~1600-1935). File:Lesser coat of arms of Portuguese India.svg, Lesser coat of arms of

(1935-1961). File:Coat of arms of Portuguese India (1935-1951).svg, Greater coat of arms of Portuguese India (1935-1951). File:Coat of arms of Portuguese India (1951-1974).svg, Greater coat of arms of Portuguese India (1951-1961). File:Flag of Portuguese India (proposal).svg, Proposed flag of Portuguese India

Goa, Daman and Diu

Between 1961 and 1987, Goa was part of the union territory of

Goa, Daman and Diu Goa, Daman and Diu (, ) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor. The Goa portion of the territory was granted ful ...

File:Emblem of Goa, Daman and Diu.png, Emblem of

Government banner

The Government of Goa can be represented by a banner displaying the emblem of the state on a white field. File:Goa government banner.png, Banner of Goa

References

External links

Article by the Government of Goa, Department of Information
{{Goa topics National symbols of India