Loutolim

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.

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| author-mask = Alan Machado (Prabhu)

| last = Machado

| first = Alan

| year = 1999

| title = Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians

| chapter = Brahmins deeply read in the Vedas

| trans-chapter = The Aryan Inheritance

| pages = 29–38

| edition = First

| location = Bangalore

| publisher = I.J.A. Publications

| isbn = 81-86778-25-X

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Beginning in the 1500s the Jesuits began the Christianization of Goa and in 1567 Diogo Rodrigues, the Portuguese captain of Rachol Fort, ordered the burning and destruction of all the temples in the village. Some Hindu villagers fled to territories governed by the Hindu King, the Sonde Raja, across the Zuari River with their idols, including the idol of Shri Ramnath in what was later known as the Novas Conquistas (New Conquests). Those who started in Loutolim became Christian. The Salvador do Mundo (Saviour of the World) church was built by the Jesuits in 1586 for local converts.

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| last = Lourenço

| first = José

| author-mask = José Lourenço

| year = 2005

| title = The Parish churches of Goa

| publisher = Amazing Goa Publications

}}

File:Ramnathi Image.jpg with a temple in Loutolim.]]

File:ChurchatLoutolim.jpg

Loutolim is located approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Margao, the headquarters of South Goa district. It has an average elevation of {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Citation

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| title = Loutolim, India Page

| work = Falling Rain Genomics, Inc

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and is situated in Salcete. The river Zuari flows along one side of Loutolim and it is surrounded by the villages of Verna, Raia, Camorlim, Borim and Quelosim.{{Cite web|url=http://inngoa.com/villages-towns/the-glimpses-of-loutolim/|title=The Glimpses of Loutolim Village {{!}} innGOA.com|website=inngoa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-08}}

There is a Catholic church called the Saviour of the World, and a Hindu temple, the Sri Ramnath temple.

• Big Foot Museum is a museum and theme park.

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Mario Miranda (1926–2011): Indian cartoonist.

{{Citation

| work = TNN

| date = 2014-09-03

| title = A messy affair — Loutolim

| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/A-messy-affair-Loutolim/articleshow/41547102.cms

| publisher = The Times of India

| access-date = 2016-09-10

}}

File:MirabaiLaterite.jpg|Laterite sculpture of the poet, Mirabai at the Big foot museum.

File:Footprint at Big Foot Museum, Loutolim.jpg|The foot imprint at Big foot museum is often adorned with money.

File:Exterior Big Foot museum.jpg|The gate outside Big foot museum with the statue of a guarding soldier.

File:Cross - panoramio (13).jpg|A typical roadside cross seen across Goa's villages and towns.

File:Entrance of Araujo Alvares House - panoramio.jpg|Front facade of Casa Araujo Alvares.

File:Church of the Saviour of the World.jpg|Church of the Saviour of the World

File:Statue of Savior of the World.jpg | Statue of the Savior of the World located opposite the church

File:Sluice Gate in Loutolim.jpg | A very old Sluice located on the Loutolim-Rassiam road

File:Fields of Loutolim.jpg | Fields of Loutolim

• Ramnathi
• Shenoy
• Portuguese India
• Raia

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• [http://www.casaaraujoalvares.com/ Casa Alvares — Ancestral house of Araujo Alvares]

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Category:Cities and towns in South Goa district