(Jose Custodio de Faria – L’Abbe Faria) -- Prajal Sakhardande
COMPILED BY:- SANJEEV V. SARDESAI – sanscritic@sify.com
Inscription on the Statue
South side:
East side:
North side:
West Side:
OMANAGEM DOS SEUS
CONCIDADAOS
FOI INAUGURADO ESTE
MONUMENTO
EM 20 DE SETEMBRO DE 1945
ESTE PEDESTAL
FOI ERIGIDO
PELO ALTO COMERCIO
DAS
CIDADE DE GOA
JOSE CUSTODIO FARIA
(ABADE FARIA)
FUNDADOR DA DOUTRINA
E
METODO DA HIPNOSE PELA
SUGESTAO
NASCIDO EM CANDOLIM DE BARDEZ
AOS
31DE MAIO DE 1756
E
FALECIDO EN PARIS AOS
20 DE SETEMBRO DE 1819
(Below this, in Marathi)
Deshbandhavakadun punyasmaranarth
anavaran 20 September 1945
(Below this in Marathi)
ha chouthura pramukh
gomantakiya varista vyapar mandalikadun
bandhnyat ala.
Hailing from the Goan village of Candolim, in Bardez Taluka, Abade Faria was born on 30 th May 1756. Studying in Rome, as a priest, his original name was Fr. Jose Custodio de Faria. He played an important part by providing spiritual leadership, in the historically famed “Conspiracy of the Pinto’s”, in 1787 (the revolt of the Goan priests against the Portuguese regime).
He took active part in the French Revolution in 1789. While in France he became a Professor of Philosophy, and dedicated himself to the study of Hypnotism.
Excelling in this art, he was hailed as the “Father of Hypnotism”, throughout the world. He died on 20 th September 1819, at Paris.
The present day statue of Abade Faria was inaugurated on 20 th September 1945, during the Portuguese rule over Goa. The Sculpture was carved by another great Goan, Sculptor Ramchandra Pandurang Kamat
