Saputara- Girimata (Mother Of Hills) Shrine

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The Girimata Shrine at Saputara is new one. Its feast is celebrated on the First Sunday of December where people from all around come to Saputara, some on foot, others by vehicles and pay their homage to our Lady, asking for her intercession to her son Jesus Christ. Though it is in its initial stage the devotion to our Girimata

is picking up momentum as even tourists who come up to Saputara make it a point to have Darshan of Our Lady.

Fr.Ishwan SJ

Recently there was first holy communion ceremony at Girimata Shrine, Our Lady of the Hills, Saputara. This was mainly for the tribal catholic students studying in St. Anne's School, at Saputara. The ceremony took place on 03.04.2011, Sunday. As per our tradition in the Dangs, the holy Eucharist was celebrated in the Lingua Franca of the place, which is Dangi, though there were bits of things in other languages such as English and Gujarati .

The melodious singing was voiced by the local tribal of the Shamgahan Mission. Along with the reception of the Holy Communion by students, it was a day for some of our parish villages to gather together in Saputara at the feet of our Lady of the Hills and pray to her.

BBN Corner;

During the South Gujarat Church visitation, have visited Saputara Church. It is looked after by Shamghan Jesuits Fr. Iswan Gamit SJ and Fr. Raymund Chauhan SJ (Today he has given many songs to Gujarat Church). It is a beautiful place with nature and mountains it has sunrise point and many beautiful gardens and lake near the house in walking distance. Here, one can sit down for hours and hours to pray and enjoy the natural beauty. Many would like to be with God and this is a suggested place for retreat,reflection, prayers and camps. It helps one soul to be free from earthly values.


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