Parra

Parra is a village adjacent to Arpora. It is a sandy place ideal for the
cultivation of watermelons, and onions. It has a church dedicated to st Anne
and our lady of good death. Built in 1649, it was destroyed by the forces of
Sambhaji. And later rebuilt in 1688 by collecting donations from the
devotees. The sandy soil of Parra makes one believe that it might have been
the bed of a river in olden times. There are four small lagoons and three
springs. Elders say that there is a mile long tunnel from Ganesh tolli to
dhobi tolli. In the tunnel which is contagious to the Narayan tolli, the
devotees hid some idols during the Portuguese persecution.