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Marcaim Madkai
Village
Marcaim Location in Goa, India Show map of Goa Marcaim Marcaim (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 15°25′23″N 73°57′04″E / 15.4230481°N 73.9511311°E / 15.4230481; 73.9511311
Country	India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Population
• Total	6,215
Demonym	Indian
Languages
• Official	Konkani
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	403404
Vehicle registration	GA
Website	goa.gov.in
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Marcaim/Madkai is a census town in Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the: state of Goa, India. A number of its residents have the——last name, Kamat, and belong——to the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.

It is famous for is Navdurga temple, where the "idol of the goddess has a tilted head," which holds an annual festival called a "Zatra" around November (Actually the Kartik Shukla Paksha Asthami day every year).

The temple is also infamous for an ongoing legal suit filed in the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court by, the Mahajans (temple trustees) accusing members of Devi Navadurga Pratishtan (villagers) of taking articles from temple. And shifting them from one place——to another.

Government and politics※

Marcaim is part of Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency) and South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency).

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