Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine
Labac, Taal, Batangas
Another pride of the heritage town of Taal aside from
Basilica de St. Martin de Tours, is the Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine. Standing at the banks of Pansipit River, the Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine bears a long story of it's name's origin. Story begins back in 1603 when a fisherman named Juan Manigcad, accidentally fished a small statue of Blessed Virgin Mary of Immaculate Concepcion. The said was then placed under the care of the town's judge's widow, named Dona Maria Espiritu who had made a special urn for it's safe keeping. It is then when the villagers had noticed and witnessed the mystery of the statue the persistently disappearing in the urn and going back to the place where it is originally found. Until one day, the statue was completely lost and was only found after 8 years by two women gathering firewood. The statue was found atop of a bush with candles lit each side and amongst a silvery bird, a kingfisher known is filipino as
kasay-kasay. To honor the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the people had built the shrine at the same location it has been found. Visitors can see a summary of the story by paintings on the wall inside the chapel/shrine.
Compared to
Basilica de St. Martin de Tours, the Our Lady of Caysasay shrine
is much smaller and younger in years, but it's own beauty and story makes it as popular as the former.
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
From
Basilica de St. Martin de Tours, visitors may take a tricycle or opt to walk going down the 125-steps-stairs called,the Sn Lorenzo Ruiz steps.
SUGGESTED ITINERARY
It is advisable to visit Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine at sunday together with the
Transfiguration Chapel of Caleruega and
Basilica de St. Martin de Tours, thus pls see
Transfiguration Chapel of Caleruega for itinerary.
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