The word Tiswadi itself, originated in the late 1970s and it referred to thirty settlements of the Gaud Saraswat Brahmans who settled here after they migrated to Goa from Aryavarta.

As the native name suggests, the sub-district includes the smaller islands of: Tiswadi, along with the rest of Goa, regularly exchanged hands between the Muslim Bhahmani Sultanate and the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire of South India prior to the 14th century.

There was a mass exodus of natives who left the islands, for the safer havens of Ponda and the Canara, Malabar Coast, Chandgad and Joida.

[citation needed] The first temple to be built in Panjim was in the mid-1700s, when the Portuguese authorities granted permission to the Hindus to build their place of worship.

In 1552, the island of Chorão had a population of 300 Christians out of 3,000 and, by this time, also had a small church which was visited by a Jesuit from St. Paul's every Sunday.

The following year, the first bishop from the Jesuit order, Dom João Nunes de Barreto, set up residence in Chorão, which eventually became a Noviciate.

Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Big Foot Mangrove Boat Ride Basilica of Bom Jesus Mahalaxmi Temple Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Azad Maidan The evidence of the existence of Ilhas de Goa can be seen on historic maps.

They pass through the villages of Penha de França and the city of Panjim: These bridges are built over the Cumbarjua Canal.