Dhori Mata Tirthalaya

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.

A large number of people attend the 9-day festival every year that concludes with the Missa Puja on the last Sunday of October.

[5][6] 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, Jharkhand.

In the month of October 1957, the statue of Dhori Mata was placed in the Saint Anthony Church in Jarangdih.

[5] The statue of Dhori Mata was specially blessed by Pope Paul VI during his pastoral visit to Mumbai in 1964.