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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Candolim
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Goa, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Goa government banner.png}} [[Goa]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North Goa]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 0
| population_total = 8500
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 403515
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0832248
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#GA.E2.80.94Goa|GA]]-01
| website = {{URL|goa.gov.in}}
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'''Candolim''' is a [[census town]] in [[North Goa]] and is located in the [[Bardez]] taluka in the state of [[Goa]], [[India]]. It is situated just south of [[Calangute|Calangute Beach]] and North of [[Sinquerim]].

== History ==
During the late 16th century, Candolim became the first village to be entirely converted to [[Christianity]] in [[Bardez]] by the [[Franciscans]].<ref>{{harvnb|de Mendonça|2002|p=405}}</ref><ref name="Prabhu"/> The present Christian identity of its villagers dates back to the conversion of Santu Sinay ([[Shenoy]]), a ''ganvkar'' ([[Konkani language|Konkani]]: freeholder) who belonged to the nobility of his people.<ref name="Prabhu">{{harvnb|Prabhu|1999|p=103}}</ref>

Santu Sinay (1577–1640), was the son of Naru Sinay; who had earlier migrated from [[Loutolim]], [[Salcette]], and established himself in Candolim, where he purchased the fifth ''vangodd'' (clan) of the ''[[comunidade]]'' on 13 August 1604.<ref name="Naru">{{harvnb|da Cunha Rivara|Borges|da Cunha Soares|1996|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vnKEgXtNHt0C&pg=PA269#v=onepage&q&f=false 269]}}</ref> Naru Sinay died after 1624, and was survived by his wife, and three sons—Jeronimo de Souza, Santu Sinay, and Christovão d'Andrade.<ref name="Naru"/> Santu Sinay was converted along with the rest of his family at the age of 8, and subsequently took the name of Salvador Pinto.<ref name="Naru"/> His godfather was Fr. Manoel Pinto, a [[Franciscan]] rector of the Church of Our Lady of Hope of Candolim and the seminary of [[Reis Magos]].<ref name="Naru"/> He was brought up in the seminary of Reis Magos, where he developed a great devotion to [[Francis Xavier|St. Francis Xavier]].<ref name="Santu"/> Salvador Pinto was tutored by two Franciscan priests, Fr. Pinto and Fr. Simão de Nazareth; who succeeded the former as rector of Candolim parish.<ref name="Naru"/> Salvador Pinto worked zealously to spread Christianity in the village.<ref name="Prabhu"/> Fr. de Nazareth held great influence with the Viceroys and in recognition of Salvador Pinto's tremendous work in converting the village, obtained for him many life grants and concessions which are still held by his descendants.<ref name="Santu"/> Fr. de Nazareth, as representative of Fr. Miguel de S. Bonaventura—Custodian and General Commissioner of East Indies and Diogo Dias, syndic of St. Francis and procurator of His Holiness—granted two perpetual graves in the Candolim Church, to Salvador Pinto and his father-in-law António Pereira in the transept, in front of the altar of Bom Jesus, and also to his wife and mother-in-law, Maria and Catharina Pereira in the transept; her grave located between those of two parishioners, Pedro Sequeira and Francisco de Souza.<ref name="Santu">{{harvnb|da Cunha Rivara|Borges|da Cunha Soares|1996|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vnKEgXtNHt0C&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false 270]}}</ref>

Candolim was the focal point of the [[Conspiracy of the Pintos|anti-Portuguese revolt of 1787]], also called the "[[Conspiracy of the Pintos]]", because it was spearheaded by priests belonging to the village's Pinto (Shenoy) clan.<ref>{{harvnb|de Souza|1989|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ruTu9oaUgUgC&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false 110]}}</ref>
This revolt occurred due to the continued discrimination of the natives related to positions in clergy and government.
This angered the Pinto family who were among the protectors of the Portuguese in Goa and had been awarded a coat of arms in 1770.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/626697-candolim-goa.html</ref> Candolim had a population of 8500. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Candolim has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 81% and female literacy of 70%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Citations==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite book
|last3=da Cunha Soares
|first3=Renato
|last2=Borges
|first2=Charles
|last1=da Cunha Rivara
|first1=Joaquim Heliodoró
|editor3-last=da Cunha Soares
|editor3-first=Renato
|editor2-last=Borges
|editor2-first=Charles
|editor1-last=da Cunha Rivara
|editor1-first=Joaquim Heliodoró
|authorlink1=Joaquim Heliodoró da Cunha Rivara
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnKEgXtNHt0C
|title=Goa and the revolt of 1787
|publisher=Concept Publishing Company
|year=1996
|isbn=978-81-7835-363-0
|access-date=2011-04-05}}
*{{Cite book
|last=de Mendonça
|first=Délio
|year=2002
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mh3kKf0VSfQC
|title=Conversions and citizenry: Goa under Portugal 1510–1610
|publisher=Concept Publishing Company
|isbn=978-81-7022-960-5
|access-date=2011-04-05}}
*{{Cite book
|last=de Souza
|first=Teotonio R.
|author-link=Teotonio R. de Souza
|year=1989
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruTu9oaUgUgC
|title=Essays in Goan history
|publisher=Concept Publishing Company
|isbn=978-81-7022-263-7
|access-date=2011-11-05}}
*{{Cite book
|last=Prabhu
|first=Alan Machado
|year=1999
|title=Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians
|publisher=I.J.A. Publications
|isbn=978-81-86778-25-8
}}.
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://indiatourism.ws/goa/candolim_beach/ Candolim beach]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district]]
[[Category:Beaches of Goa]]
[[Category:Beaches of North Goa district]]

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