Mount Mary Basilica - The Pride of Bandra
This church was granted the status of a Basilica, a higher title than a shrine or church, from Rome
Bandra, Bombay, India., Dec. 11 - Mount Mary Basilica, also known as Mount Mary church, Mauli Mary or the Mount, has been visited by people of all faiths since 1640, when the Portuguese built the Nossa Senhora de Monte chapel on the site.
The chapel crowned the hill till 1738, when it was razed by fire in a Maratha raid. According to a local legend, six months later the famous life-sized statue of the Virgin crafted in ornamented wood was recovered from the sea by a fisherman. The image was kept in the Aguada fort and later in the St Andrew
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