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The [[festival]] of the nativity of [[St Mary]], also known as [[Marymas|Holy Marymas]] or the [[Bandra Fest]], is celebrated here on the 8th day of September: the auspicious occasion of the birth of the [[perpetual virginity|virgin-mother]] of [[Jesus Christ]]. The annual feast is followed by a week-long [[fair]] or [[fête]] known in the northern [[Konkan region]] as the "Bandra fair"; it is thronged by
[[Pope Pius XII]] granted a decree of [[canonical coronation]] to
==The basilica==
The basilica stands on a [[hillock]], about 80 metres above [[sea level]] overlooking the [[Arabian Sea]]. It draws thousands of devotees and pilgrims annually, especially during the Bandra Fest. Many visitors attest to the [[miracle]]s worked by the [[supernatural power]] of [[St Mary]] at Mount Bandra. The shrine attracts people from all faiths who plead for favours, with others coming back expressing their gratitude. The church was [[Raid (military)|raid]]ed and destroyed in 1738 during the [[
During the Bandra Fair, the entire area is decorated with festoons and buntings. Many pitch up stalls to sell religious articles, flowers, snacks and sweets. [[Wax figure]]s of the Virgin Mary along with an assortment of candles shaped like hands, feet and various other parts of the body are sold at kiosks. The sick and the suffering choose a candle or wax figure that corresponds to their ailment or request and light it inside the church with the hope that Mother Mary will heed their appeals for help.<ref name="CT2018">{{cite web |title=Mount St Mary Church In Bandra Is Believed To Make All Your Wishes Come True |url=https://curlytales.com/mount-mary-church-bandra-believed-make-wishes-come-true/ |publisher=Fork Media |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en |date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
==Statue of the Virgin Mary==
[[File:Mother mary.jpg|thumb|left|A statue of the [[Mary of Nazareth|Virgin Mother Mary]], ''Moti Saibini'' in the [[Bombay East Indian dialect]] and [[Konkani language|Konkani]] vernaculars, outside Mount Mary Church, Bandra]]
Although the current structure and edifice of the shrine is just 100 years old and was rebuilt in [[British Bombay]], the history behind the current statue of the [[Blessed Mary]] goes back to the 16th century, when [[Jesuit]] priests brought the statue and constructed a [[chapel]] in what was then the [[Portuguese East Indies]]. In 1700, [[Trucial States|Sunni Arab pirate]]s raiding the area were interested in the gilt-lined object held in the hand and [[desecrate]]d the statue by cutting off the right hand.
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