Here, in north Goa’s Bicholim taluka, is the Shree Lairai Devi temple, where every year in April or May, people flock for rituals that culminate in the lighting of a bonfire from which coals are ...

At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured after a stampede took place during the Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village of Goa. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday.

Goa does not offer the same bang for one’s buck as Thailand, Bali, Vietnam or even Sri Lanka as travellers to these destinations will attest The New Year started on a sombre and yet almost ...

On the banks of the Mandovi river estuary — and still known to many by its English name, Panjim — Goa’s regional capital dates to around the 11th century. Yet its defining period was four ...