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{{Infobox religious group|group=Goan Hindus|image=File:Parshuramsaraswats.jpg|population=963,877 ([[2011 Census of India|2011]])<br/>
66.08% {{Increase}}|languages='''[[Sanskrit]]''' (sacred)<br/>[[Goan Konkani]] (native)<br/>[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}}

[[Hinduism]] is the majority religion in [[Goa]], due to mass immigration of Hindus from other states of India. (The majority of ethnic [[Goans]] are [[Catholic]].) As of 2011, 66% of the population of [[Goa]] is Hindu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW30C-01%20MDDS.XLS|title=C -1 POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY - 2011|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

== History and roots ==
Goan Hinduism has unique properties. Although Hindu Goans and other Indian Hindus share most rituals, the isolation of Hindus in [[Portuguese India]] and the conversion of the majority of the ethnic [[Goans]] during the [[Christianisation of Goa]] has led to Goan Hindus having different practices.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-13|title=There were no Hindus in Goa before Portuguese landed: Church thinker-India News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/there-were-no-hindus-in-goa-before-portuguese-landed-church-thinker-953727.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Firstpost}}</ref> Traditions of Goan Hindus after 1961 include festivals with processions wherein the deities are taken from the newly built temples in the [[Novas Conquistas]] to their original sites in the [[Velhas Conquistas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goa Language, Religion And Culture {{!}} Goa Travel Guide|url=https://www.goaexperience.co.uk/guide/culture-language-and-religion.aspx|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.goaexperience.co.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref>

While [[Caste system]] is still a major factor among Goan Hindus, the egalitarian [[Indian constitution]] and the resulting [[Reservation in India|affirmative action]] has helped to a perceived degree.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Henn|first=Alexander|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16gz7v6|title=Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity|date=2014|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-01287-6}}</ref>

Goan Hindus celebrate the Yatra of Shree [[Shiva|Mahadeva Shiva]] and Shree [[Mahadevi]] [[Shantadurga]] ([[Durga]]) besides those of other deities. The festival of [[Holi]] is called [[Shigmo]] in Goa and celebrated with gaiety. ''Chavath'' or ''[[Ganesh festival]]'' as it is called by Goan Hindus is a major festival in Goa. [[Deepaavali]] is celebrated with the lighting of the deepstambs in the temples and with the burning of effigies of the evil demon [[Narakasura|Narakasur]] who was vanquished on the day before Diwali by Shri [[Krishna]].

The Goan Hindu community is composed of 1% [[Saraswat Brahmin]]s, [[Daivajna|Daivadnya Brahmins]] and other [[Brahmin communities]] like [[Karhad Brahmin]]s and the rest are a combination of [[Konkanastha Brahmin]]s (Chitpavans). Other castes are Konkan [[Kshatriya]] ''Chardos'', Vaishya Vanis, [[Kunbi]]s, [[Vaishyas|Gaudas]] etc.

==See also==
*[[Villages and Agraharas in Goa and their ancient names]]
*[[Konkani Brahmins]]
*[[Caste in Goa]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [https://archive.org/details/GoaInquisitionAnantKakbaPriolkar "The Goa Inquisition"] by A. K. Priolkar
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