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In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims
A 28-year-old Hindu devotee has visited the 16th-century shrine weekly for 13 years, finding peace and community amid rising anti-Christian violence.
- Rimpa Chowdhury, a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary weekly for 13 years.
- Thousands of mostly Muslim and Hindu pilgrims visit the basilica annually, believing in the 'power of the divine feminine' associated with Mary.
- Pope John Paul II designated the church a minor basilica in 1988 for its spiritual importance.
- Since the 1950s, nuns have served at the shrine, fostering social harmony among temples, mosques, and churches in the region.
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In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims
BANDEL, India (RNS) — Each week for the last 13 years, 28-year-old Rimpa Chowdhury, who describes herself as a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary — a historic 16th-century Catholic church on the banks of the Hooghly River in eastern India with a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
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