This madonna, dressed in an Indian sari, commemorates three apparitions of Mary in Vailankanni, India.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We decided to pay another visit to the basilica because we felt we hadn’t seen it all when we met Long and his wife Katherine there in April. It’s really a magnificent church that took almost 100 years to complete and draws visitors from all over the world. I’ll be posting pictures mainly of features we missed the first time around.

Hajer Garden, posted earlier: