THREE KINGS CHURCH

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One of the best church to visit in Goa is the Three King's Church .The church was established in 1599 by Fr Gonsalo Carvalo S.J and is affiliated with St. Thomas church Cansaulim.

This lonely church is situated in Cansaulim on a hill top called Cuelim .This small hill in the interiors of South Goa is a nature lovers paradise with a mind blowing view of the shoreline and the lush greenenry .The hill is connected by a road and its better to hire a private cab or vehicle to visit this church.

It is also a perfect place for history buffs to know about the Goa's former land owners lifestyle along with dereliction of some beautiful colonial era mansions .So also it is beleived that this place is haunted and has unsolved mysteries. So also the Three Kings feast is conducted once in an every year where there is mass being held in the morning so also there are lots of fairs put while this feast is held.

    GETTING THERE

Probably I first came here with my cousins.We usually took a bike wherein we had to take the road that goes on top of the hill. At first it was scary going there but we enjoyed a lot. As soon as we reached on the top we usually had to park our bike and walk a little distance as the gates were closed and they were only opened once a year that is when the feast is being held.

HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACE BEING HAUNTED

As the story goes it is said that the state of Goa was once inhabited by three Portuguese kings who often had disputes among them as to who should finally be the sole ruler of the region. however they couldn’t take the disputes out in 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 Alvnunger decided to invite the other two kings to his house for dinner secretly conspiring to poison the food and to kill them and doing so the king Holger was successful and killed the two kings but later the people soon found out about his act and out of furious anger the people of the state descided to punish the king. However mindful of his dark fate king Holger committed suicide.The present day the 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.

However wheather it is haunted or not it is best to visit the church during the day or evening when it is operating as usual.But I dont know if it is true that it is haunted or wheather they are fake rumeors being spread about it being haunted.

But i am very well happy visiting this place as you can feel the peace , birds churpping ,so also feel the sudden breeze and would definitely recommend this place for people who will be visiting it and is a great place to take pictures and spend the time there.