with its blanket of trees several temples monuments and stone engravings the village of loliem has a magnetic pull on both tourists and cultural enthusiastsraghuchandra bhat of shelem vaddo helps out with the etymological explanation of loliem he says it is derived from the sanskrit term lol ayan meaning it is a beautiful village when lord parashurama was on the hilltop in the neighbouring poinguinim village he who was the sixth avatar incarnation of lord vishnu was completely captivated by the mesmerizing beauty and splendour of loliem says bhatloliem is situated 894km away from panaji and 58km from margao after 1961 the village of polem at the extreme southern end of goa bordering karwar in karnataka was added to its panchayat jurisdictionthe combined area of both the villages loliem and polem measures 75 sq km and houses a population 4797 persons of which 4625 are voters it is bordered by the arabian sea on its west and is bordered by poinguinim and two villages of karnataka majali and gopghittathere are nine wards and 27 vadde traditional village wards including borus maik iddar tamnem caroi katemorod padri bhat tarir maxem agas dingar khandlem kundrem galier kallem netrulem peddem loliem shelemxeli tanshim maddi tolop dapot vaturem dhulgal gaunkar polem and xittadespite being a farflung village and devoid of higher temples of learning loliems children have excelled in numerous fieldsnotwithstanding difficulties to obtain an education the people of loliem have achieved name and fame in every field of life says cajy silva of peddemresidents speakour villages of loliem and polem are exceptions in their natural beauty blessed as they are with pure air clean drinking water and beautiful beaches caitania dias resident of maxemloliemkars despite being tied to different political affiliations be it the bjp or the congress or any other group highly value their unity and are second to none when it comes to protecting the interests of their village and safeguarding the rights of the residents the beauty of our village is that everyone participates in each others religious festivalsvinda satarkar resident of peddemsarpanchs takelet us not forget the two primary priorities for our villagers ensuring 24hour supply of drinking water and the upgradation and shifting of the primary health centre currently situated 3km from the village centre at maddi tolop to the vicinity of the panchayat premises the centre needs patient wards medicines medical equipment and medical staff including a resident doctorajit shantaram lolienkar sarpanchrenowned residentsprahlad bhagwant prabhudesai is a retired ias officeranthony dsouza is an ips officerumesh madhav prabhudesai is an m tech retired professor and principal of goa engineering collegevenkatesh prabhudessai is an iitian he runs aryan institute in panaji and margao which coaches students for iit entrance examsshripad bhat is assistant managing director goa shipyard limitedrupali m tamuly is associate professor department of economics chowgule collegedr chetali samant is an md and ayurveda practitioner dr cajy silva holds a phd in marine biology he is a tiatrist konkani drama actor and has directed two