The original icon of Our Lady of Manaoag is considered priceless, as is its bejewelled crown. There have been several attempts to burglarise the Manaoag Shrine due to the jewels sewn into the icon's dress and regalia.
Several golden crowns and haloes are deposited at the shrine's museum, which were donated by both Filipino and foreign devotees. An expensive collection of liturgical vestments that have been used by the image and the Dominican priests are also on display. A large array of lavishly elegantperfumes is likewise showcased; these were donated by devotees and pilgrims from around the world as ex votos or presents to the image.
The image of is fully secured with bulletproof glass panels enclosing it on three sides above the old high altar. The archdiocese, reckoning the Filipino custom of touching a venerated image or its clothing, constructed a staircase that rises to the second floor behind the altar. This touching gallery has pews, and people queue to kneel at the alcove behind the image's shrine. Supplicants place their hands through bars and touch the lower part of the image's mantle, and may deposit prayers in a small box on the kneeler's surface. After touching the mantle and praying, devotees pass through the religious souvenir shop on their way out.
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