Our second consecutive church location, this one from inside the country. From the perspective of a movie locations fan, Goa is known for 3 things – beaches, forts & churches. So, when we were watching the ‘Yedhedho Ennangal’ song from the Tamil movie Pattiyal, we immediately recognized that the church featured in the song should be from Goa, mainly because of the fact that the church was located on the sea shore. More time was spent in Flickr and soon we found the church we were looking for, with the shot angle of the church taken by Aniis here being eerily similar to the angle used in the song. Thanks to Aniis for also pointing us to the name of the church.

About the location (from here):
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount is situated on top of the hill behind the St. Cajetan Church. The chapel was built in 1510 by Alfonso de Albuquerque after his victory over the Goan Muslim ruler Yusuf Shah and was renovated in 2001. The Chapel is brightly white washed and is bypassed by many tourists. The structure faces west which provides beautiful views from Divar and Chorao islands, the Mandovi River and the surrounding forested hills, especially during sunset. It also offers the overview of Old Goa where in 1510 Sultan Adil Shah’s placed his artillery to defend the city from the Portuguese assault.

The chapel of Our Lady of the Mount can be reached after continuing for 1.5 km on the small road that passes through the Arch of Conception and the chapel is next to the ‘Handmaids of Christ’ convent situated opposite the facade of the Se Cathedral.

Movies shot at this location:

YedhedhO Ennangal Vandhu from Pattiyal
Scene where Simbhu ignores Trisha’s phone calls from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Title song from Goa
Kyon song from All The Best
Agar Tum Mil Jao song from Zeher
Halke Halke song from Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd
Scene where Arjun Rampaul comes & takes Diya Mirza along with him from Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd