Posted on 08/16/2009 9:33:05 PM PDT by Steelfish
In pictures: Pilgrimage unites Sri Lankans
The church sits on a site where there has been a shrine to the Virgin Mary for hundreds of years. Catholics, both Tamil and Sinhalese, and members of other faiths revere it.
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