Loutolim

Goa bid a moving, teary farewell to acclaimed artist Mario Miranda, who was consigned to flames at a crematorium after a funeral mass at a church as he had wished. The funeral mass, attended by several artistes and politicians from Goa, was held at the Saviour of the World Church in Loutolim, Miranda's ancestral village.

Acclaimed cartoonist Mario Miranda, who made Goan landscapes and people come alive on canvas, died at his ancestral home in Loutolim today after a long illness, family sources said. He was 85.

Goa bid a moving, teary farewell to acclaimed artist Mario Miranda, who was consigned to flames at a crematorium after a funeral mass at a church as he had wished. The funeral mass, attended by several artistes and politicians from Goa, was held at the Saviour of the World Church in Loutolim, Miranda's ancestral village.

Acclaimed cartoonist Mario Miranda, who made Goan landscapes and people come alive on canvas, died at his ancestral home in Loutolim today after a long illness, family sources said. He was 85.