medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>...Martin's bed(room) was available for visitation in the 6th c., two
centuries after his death....it just never occurred to me that saints'
dwellings were also kept as shrines, and visited. It certainly is a
common practice today for homes of famous people.
a bit closer to Martin's sort of "famous people," one is put in mind of
Ghandiji's Ashram in Ahmedabad, which preserves, among other things, his
bedroom, complete with spinning wheel :
http://www.transnational.org/bilder2/India/G-kurtiSabarm.jpg
(i've seen a much older, less sanitized and much more interesting photo of
this, somewhere.)
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/fgp6_Ahmedabad.html
best from here,
christopher
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