Cops called to control crowds after enthusiastic Christian pilgrims flock to Indian village for ‘holy water’
Locals have been collecting ‘holy water’ in plastic containers that has been seeping from a figurine of Jesus Christ in the village of Kharodi near Mumbai
POLICE were called to calm a crowd of excited Christian pilgrims after they flocked to a village to collect ‘holy water’.
The pilgrims had gathered around a small statue of Jesus Christ in the Indian village of Kharodi, near Mumbai, after it began seeping liquid.
Believers used plastic containers to try and collect some of the ‘holy water’ which was flowing off the figurine's feet.
Word of the wet miracle spread quickly after it was noticed by locals in the predominantly Catholic village.
‘Holy water’ is valued by believers for its supposed healing properties as well as its religious significance.
Greg Periera, a resident of nearby village Malwani, said people were travelling from far and wide to witness the miracle.
He said: “The pictures and videos of the statue soon went viral as devotees from Andheri and Bandra rushed to the spot to check for themselves.
“We also saw people from far-off suburbs collecting holy water from the feet.”
The Catholic Church only accepts a very small number of incidents as official miracles because several others have proven to be hoaxes.
In recent times they accepted the incredible recovery of believer Marie Simon-Pierre from Parkinson's Disease as a miracle attributed to the late Pope John Paul II.
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