For the local Hindus particularly, the Goa Inquisition was harsh. The Portuguese colonial government destroyed Hindu temples and religious statues, banned Hindu practices, banned Goan cultural elements such as musical instruments and the Konkani language, executed or punished converts practicing their original faiths, and imposed conversions to Catholicism. Many Hindu orphans were forced to convert, and some children who were not fully orphans were taken from their families and forcibly converted. The Inquisition led to a drastic decline in the non-Christian population of Goa and served to repress the local population through threats of denunciation and extortion.
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