Anjediva Island
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Anjediva Illha da Anjediva |
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Location of Anjediva (red) in Canacona (pink)
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 Anjediva
Anjediva
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| Coordinates: 14°45′39″N 74°06′41″E / 14.760886°N 74.111258°ECoordinates: 14°45′39″N 74°06′41″E / 14.760886°N 74.111258°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| Sub District | Canacona |
| Portuguese Establishment | before 1498 |
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| • Type | Indian Navy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.5 km2 (0.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Native name: Ilha de Angediva | |
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A map of Anjediva in 1885
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| Geography | |
| Location | Arabian Sea |
| Area | 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Width | 0.25 km (0.155 mi) |
| Coastline | 0.070 km (0.0435 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
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India
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| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| Sub District | Canacona |
| Demographics | |
| Demonym | Goan (now resettled) |
| Population | 0 (2011) |
| Pop. density | 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Goan Catholics |
Anjediva Island (Konkani: Anjadiv; Portuguese: Ilha de Angediva; Kannada: ಅಂಜಿದಿವ್ ದ್ವೀಪ also Anjadip Island) is an island in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Canacona in the South Goa district, Goa, India. Legally and constitutionally, it remains a part of Goa, although there is a widespread misconception that it is a part of the Karnataka state off whose coast it lies.
It has an area of 1.5 km² and currently without any resident population. It was part of the Portuguese Estado da India till 1961. The island is south of Goa, about 1800 meters from the coast of the Indian state of Karnataka.
On the island are located Angediva Fortress, built by the Portuguese, and the shrines of Our Lady of Brotas and São Francisco de Assis. The island is now connected to the mainland by a breakwater and is part of a large naval INS Kadamba base, based on the outskirts of Karwar city, on the coast of the border state of Karnataka and is under the direct jurisdiction of the Indian Navy.
Anjediva, as Portuguese territory, was used by the Christians and Hindus of the mainland as a refuge during the invasion of the coastal kingdoms of Bednore and Soonda by Tipu Sultan, who had created the new state of Khodadad after usurping the throne from the Maharaja Wodeyars of the Kingdom of Mysore. The ruins of Shri Aryadurga temple which was destroyed by the Portuguese is still to be found here. The Saraswat Brahmins on the island who could not bear this horrendous inquisition and mass destruction of temples done of by the Portuguese had no other option, rather to shift the deity to a neighboring place, now called Karnataka. The temple of Shri Aryadurga is located in the North of Karnataka, in a place called Ankola.
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