TOMB IN FOOD MARKET
"HOLY MAN’S” DEATH. MISTAKE REGARDING RELIGION. (Sun Special). CALCUTTA. October 18. Calcutta is vastly amused at a sequel to an '"outrageous attempt on the part of a Mahommedan official in the employ of the corporation to seek the applause of the community by sanctioning the burial in the precincts of the city’s central food market of a supposed Mahommedan holy man who had haunted the spot for many years, and to whom many miracles had been ascribed. The holy man died in the market, and the traders insisted on his burial there. This was hurriedly allowed by a Mahommedan official, and the tomb has since been a place of pilgrimage for vast crowds, who have contributed thousands of rupees toward the cost of a tombstone. It now transpires that the man had been a" life-long Christian, and a regular attendant at a suburban Roman Catholic church. In the meanwhile all branches of the community are uniting in a protest against the burial in the food centre of the city.
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Southland Times, Issue 19393, 6 November 1924, Page 6
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173TOMB IN FOOD MARKET Southland Times, Issue 19393, 6 November 1924, Page 6
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