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THREE KINGS CHURCH

Three Kings Church, Chandor, South Goa India
Schedule your trip to the church around January 6th as the day is celebrated as "The feast of the 3 kings".
Goa is known as the beach capital of India for obvious reasons –
countless beaches, exhilarating beach life, carnivals, seafood, and
an ultimate holiday environment. It is also one of the states in
India which attracts the maximum number of foreign tourists. I
magine experiencing spine-chilling eerie activities at a place like
this?


Three Kings Church, officially Our Lady of Remedios Chapel, is
situated in a plush village of Goa called Chandor which is 15 km
east of one of Goa’s most prominent locations – Margao. This
small town is a perfect getaway from all the beach life madness if
you want to break away from the monotony of it. It is also the
perfect place for history buffs to know about the Goa’s former
landowners’ lifestyle along with dereliction of some beautiful
colonial-era mansions.

The church was established in 1599 by Fr Gonsalo  Carvalo S.J.
and is affiliated with St Thomaqs Church, Cansaulim.
As the story goes, the state of Goa  was once inhabited by three
Portuguese kings who often had disputes amongst them as to
who should finally be the sole ruler of the region. However, they
couldn’t take the disparities out in the public because of the
limitation levied on them by Portuguese diplomacy between
rulers policy. Getting tired and exhausted of these disputes, one
of the kings amongst the three – King Holger Alvunger, decided to
invite the other two over to his house for dinner, secretively
conspiring to poison and kill them. King Holger succeeded in his
spiteful stratagem but the public soon found out about his act.
Out of furious anger, the people of the state decided to punish the
king, however, mindful of his dark fate, he committed suicide. The
present day church is the house of King Holger where all the three
kings fell to their respective deaths. Since then, it is believed that
the premises of the church is possessed by the unresting souls of
the kings, and there have been sightings and strange activities
reported.
 BACK VIEW OF THE CHURCH
Haunted or not, it is best to visit the church during the day when
the chapel is operating as usual.

While planning a visit here, try to come early in the morning and
you may be lucky to experience a wonderful event when air force
fighter pilots while following a specific flight plan fly right over t
he church and in such close proximity that you can wave directly
at the pilots and they may do a roll to make your day even more
ecstatic!
TOP VIEW OF SCENIC BEAUTY  FROM THREE KINGS CHURCH


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