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80000+ Hindus hands were cut off near this pillar of which 50% are konkan Brahmins. One who ordered this was Francis Xavier. Thousands fled to the present state of Maharashtra and Karnataka

He was rewarded for his brutality and conversions and later made a saint
Hath Kataro Khambh of Goa was used to tie and amputate arms of those Hindus who refused to convert to Christianity. This is blood-stained history of Goa which no one wants to discuss.

The crimes done by Francis Xavier (co-founder of the Society of Jesus) on Hindus.
It is an intriguing pillar dating back from Kadamba era believed to be built in 12th-13th century and was part of the temple relic then.

This pillar is standing even today as a witness of extreme oppression by Portuguese rulers, of Hindus in Goa.
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