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| name = Shrine of Miraculous Mother of the Coal Mines
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| native_name = ढ़ोरी माता तीर्थालाय (''Dhori Mata Tirthalaya'')
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'''Dhori Mata Tirthalaya''', also known as the '''Shrine of Miraculous Mother of the Coal Mines''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] Church dedicated to the [[Virgin Mary]]. It is located in [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]], 2.2 km north-west of [[Jarangdih]], in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].<ref name=catholicsandcultures>{{cite web |title=History of the Dhori Mata Shrine |url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/india-history-dhori-mata-shrine |website=Catholics & Cultures |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en |date=21 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ढोरी माता की शोभा यात्रा में श्रद्धालुओं का कारवां {{!}} |url=https://jagatprahari.com/news-jharkhand-dhori-mata-mahotsav/ |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>

==Overview==
It has a statue of Mother Mary and [[Infant Jesus|baby Jesus]]. The statue was named Dhori Mata, after the place in which it was found. A large number of people attend the 9-day festival every year that concludes with the Missa Puja on the last Sunday of October.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pioneer |first1=The |title=Dhori-Mata fest concludes at Jarandih |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/dhori-mata-fest-concludes-at-jarandih.html |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=झंडोत्तोलन के साथ ढोरी माता वार्षिक समारोह प्रारंभ |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/bokaro/story-dhori-mata-annual-function-begins-with-flag-hoisting-4894102.html |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Hindustan |language=hindi}}</ref> Dhori Mata is considered to be the patroness of the coal miners.<ref name=Jagran>{{cite news |title=खनिकों की संरक्षिका रही ढोरी माता |url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/bokaro-dhori-mata-16924565.html |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ढोरी माता तीर्थालय वार्षिक समारोह में देश भर से 30 हजार श्रद्धालु पहुंचे |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/dumka/1218796 |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref>

==History==
The statue of Dhori Mata was accidentally found on 12 June 1956 by a coal field worker name Rupa Satnami from [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]] working in the mines of [[Jarangdih]], [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]], [[Jharkhand]]. While excavating coal he heard a voice saying in Hindi "Strike gently, I am here."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oct 31 |first1=TNN / |title=Harmony at shrine {{!}} Ranchi News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/harmony-at-shrine/articleshow/10559353.cms |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> One of the arms of statue of Mother Mary had been broken off by the axe of Satnami.

In the month of October 1957, the statue of Dhori Mata was placed in the Saint Anthony Church in Jarangdih. The statue was brought out of the church and installed in the shrine in May 1964.<ref name=Jagran /> The statue of Dhori Mata was specially blessed by Pope Paul VI during his pastoral visit to Mumbai in 1964.<ref name=catholicsandcultures /> Later in 1967, the statue was sent to Belgium and was found to be made of jackfruit wood and dated to be approximately 400-500 years old.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dhori Mata Tirthalaya, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, Video |url=https://www.indiavideo.org/jharkhand/travel/dhori-mata-tirthalaya-hazaribagh-3757.php |website=IndiaVideo |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> On 30th October, 1983 the Shrine was formally inaugurated. The shrine is decorated with lamps and is having many paintings of Jesus Christ.

The statue was stolen in January 2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Mother Mary's statue stolen near Bokaro - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mother-mary-s-statue-stolen-near-bokaro/266500/ |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> but recovered the next day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stolen Marian statue found, people rejoice in Jharkhand |url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2008/02/01/stolen-marian-statue-found-people-rejoice-in-jharkhand&post_id=29228 |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=ucanews.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Black Madonna]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Catholic pilgrimage sites]]
[[Category:Shrines to the Virgin Mary]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic shrines in India]]
[[Category:Black Madonnas]]

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