St. Theresa Church, Haregaon is the sacred place of Mauli Shrine and the annual yatra held in her honour every September.
Mumbai where the original veneration of mary has been held for her birthday on 8 September, accompanied by a famous fair.
Catholic pilgrims in the area visit the village for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on the second Saturday of September.
John Haldner erected the Church, the Yatra (Feast) was started in 1947 to help local devotees who could not afford to go to the celebration in Bandra, Mumbai.
[3] Now Haregaon is often described as the Jerusalem of the Marathi-speaking Catholics in the state, as nearly 400,000 devotees from Ahmednagar, Pune, Nasik, Aurangabad district and Mumbai attend the feast every year.