History of the Señor de Los milagros

This is a very pretty story, familiar to all the Bugueños.

History of the Señor de Los milagros

The year 1580 was a small hamlet Buga. Buga river then ran through the site where now the Temple of the Señor de los milagros. On the left side of the river had a straw "Ranchito" india where he lived an old woman whose office was doing laundry. His dream was to buy a crucifix and was collecting money for it until it joined seventy (70) reales. Would take to cure the price of the crucifix, as he passed through there a man, father, crying 'cause take him to the jail because it had seventy reales and what was not paid.

The Indian was filled with sadness and longing to leave their preferred later and helped the poor man, who blessed for having saved. Days later I was washing clothes outside again when brought by the river came into his hands a crucifix, she was the most precious jewel. As it could not belong to anybody because it was completely uninhabited upstream, was happy with his discovery and he improvised an "altarcito" and lovingly placed it in a wooden box.

One night he heard tapping on the site where he kept the picture and took a big surprise when he saw the Holy Christ and the box had grown significantly, but that it was imagined illusion from your eyes weakened by age.

The image continued to grow and when he said, was already close to a meter height.
She told the gentlemen of the most important people, who see it and realize that the poor lady had no money to get a cross of this size was confirmed that a miracle.

Devotees start removing pieces to carry and were to deteriorate to a special visitor arrived from Popayán ordered burned. Being thrown into the flames the image began to sweat copiously during two days so that the neighbors soaked cotton swabs to take as relics and get healing. The year was 1607.

After this image was more beautiful. People began to have great devotion to this miracle and come from all pilgrims and pilgrimages to visit the sick to obtain healing and achieving benefits the needy.

After these events the chronicle of 1819, the Ranchito the elderly became a meeting place for devotees and was given the name by which he is known for centuries "El Señor de Los Milagros".

After the death of the old woman thought to be the place where the crucifix should be placed. "Ranchito" his left near the water and grew, it changed its course and turned away, he left open the site near the place of its occurrence, to build their temple, which was built small and it was called "La Ermita".

The Holy Christ is a touching image, carved in wood, but this has been fortified with pulp and is well conserved, despite its age. The cross is 1.70 meters high and 1.30 wide. The image is dark. The cross is the sign INRI (meaning: "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews"), the emerging rays of silver cross, which had gifted his devotees and the crown is gold and precious stones. Head of the Holy Christ is highly inclined, for their injuries, especially on the side, pour plenty of blood, hair bloodied also falls into two bundles on their shoulders. The face haunted by the pain kept an expression of resignation and impressive majesty. The eyes are closed and lips ajar.

Images (in order of appearance)
1. Statue and mural in the Hermitage, represent the story of the milagroso de Buga
2. Aerial view of the lower basilica of the Señor de los Milagros
3. The Hermitage, located in the place where was the "Ranchito"'s india
4. Statue representing the time that india is the crucifix
5. Señor de los Milagros de Buga