Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Deputy Chairman of the Exposition Committee Minister Aleixo Sequeira maintained that all infrastructure development work associated with the impending Exposition of St. Francis Xavier’s relics is anticipated to be finished by November 10.
He claimed that the constant rains have caused delays in the work’s completion.
The exhibition will take place from November 21, 2024, until January 5, 2025, for a total of 45 days. To supervise the readiness, a committee is established, chaired by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa is being chemically cleaned by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Mumbai circle, while other State government bodies are being enlisted to handle other infrastructure projects.
“The infrastructure development works are being carried out at Old Goa and we will see that they are completed within the stipulated time,” Sequeira told reporters. Because of the rain, work is being done slowly, such as tarring roads,” he acknowledged.
The annual feast day of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goa, is one of the most important religious festivals in Goa, and celebrated on December 3. This year will feature the decennial exposition when the casket containing his remains is brought down from a raised reliquary.
The Archdiocese of Goa has announced that the XVIII exposition of the saint will be held between November 21 and January 5, 2025. Masses are scheduled to be celebrated in several Indian languages, including Konkani, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada, as well as French and Portuguese. However, there are no services in Marathi which is an official language of Goa, along with Konkani.
