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| name = Marcaim<br />
| other_name = ''Madkai''<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Goa, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|15.4230481|N|73.9511311|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[North Goa district|North Goa]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| population_total = 6,215<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = Indian<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 403404<br />
| registration_plate = GA <br />
| website = {{URL|goa.gov.in}} <br />
| footnotes = [http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/626867-marcaim-goa.html]<br />
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'''Marcaim''' is a [[census town]] in [[Ponda taluk|Ponda]] taluka, [[North Goa district]] in the state of [[Goa]], [[India]].<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/#lat=15.4230688&lon=73.9511204&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=marcaim Marcaim on wikimapia]</ref> A number of its residents have the last name, [[Kamat]], and belong to the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] community.<br />
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It is famous for is [[Navadurga (regional goddess)|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 (month)|Kartik]] Shukla Paksha Asthami day every year).<br />
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[[File:Navdurga_temple_entrance_(1950s).jpg|thumb|right|Navdurga temple entrance (1950s)]]<br />
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The temple is also infamous for an ongoing legal suit filed in the [[Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court]] by the Mahajans (temple [[trustee]]s) accusing members of Devi Navadurga Pratishtan (villagers) of taking articles from temple and shifting them from one place to another.<ref>{{cite news |title=Court modifies order on articles for Marcaim's temple |url=http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=47287 |accessdate=6 December 2018 |agency=The Goan EveryDay |date=2 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:Villages in North Goa district]]<br />
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