Goa is well known for churches, forts and beaches. Bom Jesus Basilica Art Gallery was constructed before the burial chamber and it has the books composed by Dom Martin who was a painter in Goa. It is one of the largest craftsmanship galleries in Asia having a day and a half. Old Goa, situated 10 km east of Panaji, along the Mandovi River, is the place where you will discover some of the renowned churches in India, including the Basilica of Bom Jesus. Famous all through the Catholic world, this sixteenth century house of God of Bom Jesus (Good Jesus or Infant Jesus) has appealingly overlaid altars and is enhanced with frescoes and decorates work. This great structure made of white marble and gently cut basalt decorations is best known for the Tomb of St Francis Xavier, kept in a silver casket designed by a seventeenth century Florentine diamond setter. St Xavier is accepted to have miraculous powers of recuperating, and pilgrims used to come from everywhere the nation till some years back to offer prayers when the body of the saint was ceremoniously exposed once consistently.