Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Chruch

The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church is located in Panaji, Goa, India. The Church conducts mass every day in English, Konkani, and Portuguese.

The church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panaji. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 1600s as part of Portuguese Goa's religious expansion. This church houses the ancient bell that was removed from the Church of Our Lady of Grace in the once famed city of Old Goa. This bell is considered to be the second largest of its kind in Goa.

A chapel was first built in Panaji in 1541, to serve the religious needs of Portuguese sailors at their first port of call in colonial Portuguese India. At that time the settlement was a small fishing village. It became a Parish in 1600, and in 1609 the small chapel was replaced by the present day large church to minister to the residents and sailors. In the 18th century the stairways, in symmetrical zigzag  form, were added to the church. The second largest church bell in Goa was installed in a bell tower in 1871.

The church is located in Panaji and sits atop a hill facing the square below. The city's municipal garden lies to its southeast and can be seen from atop the hill. A laterite stone walkway with zigzag stairs ascend the church while lines of thin and tall palm tree part of the scene.