Gua Maria Puh Sarang is known as one of the replicas of Gua Maria Lourdes in France or Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes France. Have you ever made a pilgrimage to this place?
The construction of Gua Maria Puh Sarang or Gua Maria Pohsarang started in 1998. The statue of Mary in this cave is a replica of Mary statue in Gua Maria Lourdes, France.
However, the height of the statue in the Gua Maria Puh Sarang is 3.5 meters. While the statue Mary in the Gua Maria Lourdes France only 1.75 meters.
Gua Maria Puh Sarang Kediri has a very wide route of Jalan Salib with a large and unique cross road ornament. Pilgrims can do Jalan Salib with a very calm and cool atmosphere.
In addition to visiting the Maria cave, pilgrims can also visit the old church of St Mary's Church that built in 1934. This church was built with a blend of Hindu-Javanese style.
In this church complex, there is also a burial area for Catholics and priests of the Diocese of Surabaya, Taman Hidangan Kana, and the Multipurpose Building of Emmaus.
Besides the Emaus Multipurpose Building, there is a small Maria cave built in 1986 by Father Emilio Rossi CM. In this cave, there is a statue of Bernadet on his knees before the Virgin Mary. This describes the event of the appearance of Our Lady to Bernadet in Lourdes, France.
Pilgrims who visit this little Mary’s cave are not just Catholics. There are also other religious people who visit this place. Some simply want to know this place, some also meditate and pray to a loving God.
It seems that Gua Maria Pohsarang becomes one of the spiritual sights that bring together Catholics with other religious people.
Not only the non-Catholic pilgrims who come, but also the sellers as well as artisans of spiritual objects around the cave complex are other religious people, Muslims.
Pilgrims who come in this pilgrimage place can buy spiritual objects like the Rosary and the statue in the shop, in the entrance to the Gua Maria Pohsarang.
The sellers and craftsmen of Rosary and sculptures are our brothers, Muslim. How inter-religious harmony continues to be nurtured in there.
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