This book is a unique celebration of the mingling of Indo-Portuguese cultures, manifested in architecture, artefacts, sumptuous carpentry, 'blue tiles' and textiles. In church-domed Hindu temples and Hindu-influenced Christian wayside shrines, which in turn influenced outswized lamp towers of Hindu temple yards, seen only in Goa. And in living styles, and the distinct bouquet which envelops Goa even today. The subtitle of the book--The Indo-Portuguese ...