The different ways in which we come to know that the author’s grandmother was a religious person are given below.
(i) She said her morning prayers in a monotonous sing-song and wanted the author to learn it by heart.
(ii) She went to school with the author as the school was attached to the temple.
(iii) The grandmother used to read scriptures inside the temple.
(iv) Gradually, she turned to reciting prayers all through the day.
(v) Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary and her mind seemed to be lost in prayer.
(vi) In the end, she stopped talking to her family members and turned to prayers, before her lips stopped moving, forever.
