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====Mount Mary's Church==== | ====Mount Mary's Church==== | ||
The Catholic [[chapel]] of [[Mount Mary Church, Bandra|Mount Mary]] was built around 1640 by the Portuguese. The statue of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin]] was recovered from the sea by fishermen and temporarily installed in St Andrew's Church, before being shifted to the rebuilt Mount Mary's Church in 1761 marked the beginning of the "Feast of Our Lady of the Mount", also known as the "[[Monti Fest]]" or the "Bandra Fest". To this day, the statue is venerated and many miracles, minor and major, are attributed to the Lady of the Mount. The architect of Mount Mary's Church was Bombay architect [[Shahpoorjee Chandabhoy]]. The basilica was built in 1904 at a cost of INR 1 lakh. The original church was built to serve the garrison posted at the [[Castella de Aguada]] (Fortress of Aguada) at [[Land's End, Bandra]]. In 1879, [[Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy|Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy]] constructed a flight of steps to Mount Mary's Church; these are known as the ''Degrados de Bomanjee'' ('Steps of Bomanjee'). | The Catholic [[chapel]] of [[Mount Mary Church, Bandra|Mount Mary]] was built around 1640 by the Portuguese. The statue of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin]] was recovered from the sea by fishermen and temporarily installed in St Andrew's Church, before being shifted to the rebuilt Mount Mary's Church in 1761 marked the beginning of the "Feast of Our Lady of the Mount", also known as the "[[Monti Fest]]" or the "Bandra Fest". To this day, the statue is venerated and many miracles, minor and major, are attributed to the Lady of the Mount. The architect of Mount Mary's Church was Bombay architect [[Shahpoorjee Chandabhoy]]. The basilica was built in 1904 at a cost of INR 1 lakh. The original church was built to serve the garrison posted at the [[Castella de Aguada]] (Fortress of Aguada) at [[Land's End, Bandra]]. In 1879, [[Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy|Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy]] constructed a flight of steps to Mount Mary's Church; these are known as the ''Degrados de Bomanjee'' ('Steps of Bomanjee'). | ||