Rupa and Sunder Joshi outside the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount in their hometown Bandra, Mumbai. The current structure is 100 years old, with history going back to the 16th century. Mount Mary attracts people from all faiths, and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and devotees come every year to celebrate Holy Marymas on Sept. 8, followed by a weeklong Bandra Fair. Pope Pius XII granted a decree of canonical coronation to the shrine’s reverend Marian icon on Oct. 21, 1954.
