Bardez is the name of a region in North Goa. The name is credited to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin immigrants who migrated to the Konkan via Magadha in Gangetic India fromAryavarta,in the north western part of the Indian sub-continent.Bardez or more properly Bardesh means "Twelve Countries" (or Lands). The form "country" probably refers to clan territorial limits, or to the Brahmin comunidades, of which the twelve, in no particular order, are Aldona, Moira, Olaulim, Nachinola, Siolim, Anjuna, Candolim, Serula, Saligao, Sangolda, Assagao, and Pomburpa. For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... A typical view of the Konkan, consisting of white-sand beaches and palm trees (mostly coconut and betel nut). ... Magadha was an ancient kingdom of India, mentioned in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. ... The vedic name for India, meaning Categories: Indo-European language stubs ... A subcontinent is a large part of a continent. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... The Comunidades of Goa are a variant of the system of gaunkari that was codified by the Portuguese. ...

Bardez is delimited on the north by the Chapora River, on the south by the Mandovi River, on the east by the Mapusa River which originates in Bardez itself, near the capital city of Mapusa, and on the west by the Indian Ocean. The Mandovi River, is described to be the lifeline of the state of Goa, India. ...

A native of Bardez is called a Bardezcar, in the native Konkani language. Konkani (Devanāgarī/Marathi कोंकणी ) is an Indo-Aryan language, although it includes a wealth of words derived from various Dravidian languages. ...

Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern village of Britona. Other famous sites are the fort of Aguada, the beaches of Candolim, Sinquerim, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna and Vagator villages, the hill-top monastery and boarding-school of Monte Guirim which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da Franca, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent. A village in North Goa, Goa, India, at the southern end of the Baga-Sinquerim stretch of beach. ... Calangute is a prominent coastal village and beach tourism centre in Goa, India. ... Anjuna is a village in Goa, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. ...

The Institute of Hotel Management, Goa [1] and St Xavier's College are located in Bardez.

The Comunidade of Anjuna was famous as a hippie settlement; among Goans it is famous as the birthplace of Padre Agnelo Gustavo de Sousa, one of the two most prominent Goan saints, the other being Padre Jose Vas, "Apostle of Sri Lanka".

External links

• Goa - Calangute Beach - Information and Pictures of Calangute Beach in Bardez