The Shudra usually worked as fisherman and as labour for the Bhatkars and Zamindars of the neighbouring villages of Assolna and Carmona.

[1]) It is said that a usurped Raja, Prince Rama, a scion of the Nayaka dynasties, wandering aimlessly after his defeat, was finally granted asylum in the village of Cavelossim, as there were very few of prominence residing there to oppose.

[citation needed] Some suggest he belonged to Nayakas of Keladi and relocated as late as the 1500s with his remaining loyal soldiers and officers.

[2] Hence several families in Cavelossim trace their lineage to Nayaka and Vijayanagara officers and had the different vaddos (wards or parishes) renamed in their honour.

In the 17th century, the family requested officials to let the main idol be transported beyond the borders of that time to the village of Kavale in Ponda.

[3] As an act of faith, in 1763 the family constructed a chapel dedicated to the holy cross, Igreja de Santa Cruz, which came under the jurisdiction of the parish of Carmona.

Being fed by the Sal River, Cavelossim boasted lush fields and multiple fisheries which granted its communidade a hefty zonn or jono (dividend), with which the villagers were able to make sizeable donations to build a cemetery and expand the chapel to its current size.