An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Granny Lalla
Granny Lalla
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THE SOUNDS OF KASHMIRI

 
Granny Lalla

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When Lalla was twenty-six she renounced the family and became a devotee of Shiva. Like a mad person, she would go around naked. 

She became a disciple of Sidh Srikanth. She would only keep the company of sadhus and pi:rs. She did not think in terms of men and women. She would claim that she had yet to encounter a man, and that is why she went about naked. But when she saw Shah Hamdan, she hid herself saying: "I saw a man, I saw a man." 

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