Basilica of Bom Jesus:Goa
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Basilica of Bom Jesus located in South Goa.Located in old Goa this church was built in 1605.The church houses the sacred relics of St.Francis xaviers.The body St. FRancis Xaviers is still fresh in this church.This miraculous fact draws lakhs of visitors to this church every year.This church has now been declared as world heritage
In this post I will take you to Basilica of Bom Jesus located in South Goa.Located in old Goa this church was built in 1605.The church houses the sacred relics of St.Francis xaviers.The body St. FRancis Xaviers is still fresh in this church.This miraculous fact draws lakhs of visitors to this church every year.This church has now been declared as world heritage.
The interior of the Basilica built in the mosaic-Corinthian style is remarkable for its simplicity. Its length is 182 4/5 feet, its breadth 55 1/2 feet and its height 61 1/3 feet. On each side there are three rows of windows rising one over another, besides those of the choir and corresponding circular ones. Those in the second row have a projecting gallery skillfully attached to them. Its interior is entered beneath the choir and is supported by columns. The body of the Basilica is spacious. The transept of the Basilica ends on each side in a chapel. To the left one sees the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament guarded by a huge arch with pillars. From 1623-1655, the relics of St. Francis Xavier were kept in this chapel. The altar is meant for the tabernacle only. Now the Blessed Sacrament is preserved in a small gold tabernacle which was first kept on the main altar below the huge statue of St. Ignatius. On the northern wall near to the side door is a cenotaph in gilded bronze to Dom Jeronimos Mascarenhas, Captain of Cochin and Ormuz and the benefactor of the church. The main altar is 54 feet high and 30 1/5 feet broad and is dedicated to the Infant Jesus. It is exquisitely decorated in gold and depicts the infant Jesus under the protection of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, whose eyes are raised to a huge gilded sun above his head on which the Jesuit symbol " IHS " is emblazoned. Above the sun is a depiction of Trinity . The statue of St. Ignatius is almost three meters high. To each side are altars to Our Lady of Mercy and St. Michael. There is also the Liturgical altar that was set up in the transept by assembling parts of the old discarded altars. It was inaugurated on March 12th 1965.
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