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The author’s grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?

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The author‟s grandmother was a religious lady with a kind heart. Her one hand was always busy in telling the beads of her rosary. Her lips constantly moved in an inaudible prayer. She used to get up early in the morning. She did her morning prayer in “a monotonous sing-song”. Everyday, she went along with the author to his school and while narrator studied she sat in a temple and read scriptures Later, in the city she was unhappy that there was no religous teaching at school. Before dying, she stopped talking to her family members and turned to prayers, and telling the beads.
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