The beautiful city of Bangalore, located in Karnataka, is famous not only for its splendid gardens, the palaces, and wonderful churches. So, one of the sights of Bangalore is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary (St. Mary's Basilica). This is the oldest Church of the city, besides she's the only one in the state were given the status of Basilica Minor.

During the "activation" of the Christian missionaries in this territory (then known as the Kingdom of Mysore) Bangalore was a small town. He began to develop and grow only after its conquest by Muslim rulers by Hyder Ali, and later his son Tipu Sultan. But then Christians were literally forced to leave Bangalore. They returned to this territory only with the coming to power of the British in 1799. Since then, the city began to appear Catholic churches, including St. Mary's Church. Her story began in 1813, when the French priest, the Abbe Dubois built a small wooden chapel in which he conducted services every Sunday. Eventually, in 1882, the chapel was rebuilt and turned into a large Gothic Church with lots of openwork arches, columns, narrow Lancet Windows with stained-glass Windows and tall spires. And in 1973, St. Mary's Church received the status of a Minor Basilica.

Every year thousands of people gather in this place on the famous festival, which takes place in September during the celebration of the Nativity of the virgin Mary. It lasts for 10 days, during which Church services are conducted in different languages and solemn procession.