Dona Paula Beach- Goa

Dona Paula Beach- Goa

The haunting of this beautiful beach is what made me write today's post. This beach, located in Goa, India, is not only pretty, but also terrifying.

        According to the legend, there was a young girl named, Paula Amaral de Souto-Maior,  who was a relative of the Portuguese viceroy. She had fallen in love with a local fisherman and had married him, even though her parents didn't agree. One day, her beloved husband went to the sea, to never return again. She waited at the shore for years and years and eventually, turned into a stone statue. The statue is said to be placed in the Cabo Chapel nearby.

        Another lore states that the Viceroy had been informed about her affair with the fisherman, and stopped Paula from meeting him. She resisted, cried, and eventually took her life in the Arabian Sea to be with her lover. When the Viceroy got to know of this, he ordered for the construction of a statue of her, at the place from where she jumped.

Many locals have claimed to see the apparition of Dona emerging from the chapel on full moon nights, wearing a shiny pearl necklace, while others have claimed to see a pale woman coming out of the waters wearing a pearl necklace, and asking them to join her.

Would you wanna find out if it's true?

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