Pilar is a village in
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 ...
, India, some 10 km from the state capital
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...
. It is on a hill top and has a panoramic view of the
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
and the mountains all around.
Etymology
The village is named after
Our Lady of the Pillar (''Nuestra Señora del Pilar'' in Spanish).
Pilar Society
The headquarters of the
Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier is located at Pilar, hence the common name of ''Pilar Society'' given to the missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier.
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There are
pilgrims who visit Pilar every Thursday to venerate the mortal remains of
venerable
The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism.
Christianity
Cat ...
Father Agnelo, a priest of the above-said Society who had lived a virtuous life.
The
Pre-Novitiate house is doing well in Pilar. They organised an art exhibition there entitled ''Waves Of Destruction... Waves of Compassion...''
Gallery
File:Holy Cross at Pilar, Goa.jpg, Holy Cross erected at Pilar Seminary, Goa
File:Large Crucifix at Pilar, Goa.jpg, Crucifix inside a Chapel in Pilar Seminary, Goa
References
Villages in North Goa district
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