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unusual facts about Statue of Our Lady of Miracles, Jaffna patao



Statue of Our Lady of Miracles, Jaffna patao

From 1614 to 1658 when the statue was in Jaffna, the devotees daily praised Our Lady of Miracles, singing the hymns with versicle and oration the "O Gloriosa Domina" in the morning, " Ave Maris Stella " in the afternoon and at night chanting Litanies beginning with the verse "Tota Pulchra es Maria".

Some Catholics in the south, fled with the statue which is now in the Shrine of Our Lady of Matara.

Some fled into Wanni forests with the statue of Mary and built the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu.


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