Marian devotion
La Virgen del Pilar a Chandigarh
Punjab, India
The Catholics of Chandigarh venerate the Virgin of the Pilar with a devotion that comes from Spain.
Main data
Country: India
Place: Punjab, India
The Spanish missionaries brought devotion to the Virgin of Pilar to Chandigarh. The faithful say that when there is drought, they pray the Rosary before the image and the rain comes. One farmer said that once, after nine days of the ninth, his dry field was filled with water from a source that no one knew.
«La Virgen del Pilar sostiene a quien se sostiene en ella.»
A flower for the Virgin
Pray a Hail Mary for this devotion and for the faithful who honor it.
Pray Hail MarySources: oral tradition of the Catholic community, popular devotion and historical sources.
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