Marcaim Explained

Marcaim
Other Name:Madkai
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Goa#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Goa, India
Coordinates:15.423°N 73.9511°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Goa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:North Goa
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:6,215
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Indian
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Konkani
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:403404
Registration Plate:GA
Footnotes:http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/626867-marcaim-goa.html

Marcaim or Madkai is a census town in Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.[1] A number of its residents have the last name, Kamat, and belong to the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.

It is famous for is Navdurga temple, where the idol of the goddess has a tilted head, which holds an annual festival called a "Zatra" around November (Actually the Kartik Shukla Paksha Asthami day every year).

The temple is also infamous for an ongoing legal suit filed in the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court by the Mahajans (temple trustees) accusing members of Devi Navadurga Pratishtan (villagers) of taking articles from temple and shifting them from one place to another.[2]

Government and politics

Marcaim is part of Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency) and South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency).

Notes and References

  1. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=15.4230688&lon=73.9511204&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=marcaim Marcaim on wikimapia
  2. News: Court modifies order on articles for Marcaim's temple . 6 December 2018 . The Goan EveryDay . 2 December 2018.