The recent controversy surrounding Goycho Saib, the cherished Konkani name for St. Francis Xavier, popular saint of Goahas shaken the state’s social fabric. On April 18, 2026, at a Bhagwan Parshuram Janmotsav event in Vasco da Gama, speaker Gautam Khattar allegedly described the saint as a “terrorist” and “barbaric” figure tied to forced conversions. He questioned the veneration of...
