Alorna | |
Native Name: | Halarn |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Goa#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Goa, India |
Coordinates: | 15.7158°N 73.8986°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Goa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Goa |
Subdivision Type3: | Sub-District |
Subdivision Name3: | Pernem |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Halarnekar |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Konkani |
Demographics1 Title2: | Former Official |
Demographics1 Info2: | Portuguese |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | GA 11 |
Alorna (Halarn) is a village in the Pernem Sub-Division of North Goa, India. Alorna is famous for the Alorna Fort.
It is located at 15.7158°N 73.8986°W.[1] This village is boundered by Menkurem to the south, Ibrampur and Sal to the east, Hansapur and the Maharashtra inter-state border to the north, and Chandel and Cansarvornem to its west.
The Times of India newspaper, saying that "there was a time when many bitter battles were fought over [this fort's] possession" notes that Alorna fort has "all but faded into oblivion".[2] This news-report also points to reports of the Goa Department of Archives and Archaeology reviving the fort (in June 2018) "after more than a century of neglect".