Friday, April 22, 2011

Skywatch Friday

The Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Shillong was built about 50 years ago. The main chamber has beautiful stained glass windows.

The Khasi people of Meghalaya in the Northeast of India are mostly Christians. Theit beautiful state has many forests,waterfalls and cliffs. They were originally nature worshippers, who were converted to Christianity in the early 20th century.



The early German Catholic missionaries had built a church here, called the Church of the Devine Saviour. It was destroyed in a fire on Good Friday in April 1936. This new Cathedral has been built on the site of the earlier church.





7 comments:

  1. Beautiful blue cathedrals, wonderful blue skies and the waterfall is awesome! Superb captures as always! Hope you have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  2. I have never seen a blue cathedral! An impressive piece of architecture against the blue of the sky!

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  3. what a pretty cathedral, great photos. Thanks for sharing. Happy skywatching!

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  4. The cathedral is beautiful as is the scenery.

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  5. Thank you Sylvia. I always look forward to seeing your comments.
    Gemma, I tried to visit one of your blogs, but couldn't, probably because my browser is outdated. Thanks for your visit.
    Eileen, the blue cathedral was a surprise to me.
    Carver, it was Palm Sunday and there were hundreds of people in the Cathedral.

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  6. beautiful blue Cathedral!
    That's very high waterfall!

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  7. Pretty awesome post and i have never seen this type of beautiful pictures. thanks for sharing..

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