About Madgoa

Margao (pronounced [mw] ( listen)) is the second largest city by population, and the commercial and cultural capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is the administrative headquarters of Salcete taluka and South Goa district. By road, Margao is located approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi) from the capital Panaji, and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Vasco da Gama.Margo is the Portuguese spelling with Madugo being used in Konkani. It is known as Madgaon in Marathi. It is derived from the Sanskrit Mahagrm which means a village with a matha. The oldest math of India, the Kavale math was here which was destroyed by portuguese. Kavele math Gaudapadacharya swamiji inspired Sankaracharya to travel to north and rejuvenate Hinduism. In Ravanphond now a suburb of Margao there are shrines of Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath.[3] The abode of Nath medicants was called a Matha(Monastery). Madagao was called Mathagrama on account of Vaishnavite Math belonging to Dvaita sect which was founded in the latter 15th century and shifted to Partagali after the establishment of the Portuguese power.[4]