From a distance, the godmen of India are darkly comic: a Victorian caricature of the superstitious Orient. Consider Guru Ashutosh Maharaj, whose followers have stored his body in a freezer since a fatal heart attack three years ago, claiming he is meditating. While his family wishes to cremate him, Punjab and Haryana High Court sided with his devotees, emphasising the “freedom of conscience”.
从远处来看,印度的“神人”(godman)带有暗黑喜剧色彩:一种维多利亚时代风格的对迷信的东方的夸张描述。看看“大师”阿舒托什•马哈拉杰(Ashutosh Maharaj),自三年前死于心脏病发作以来,追随者一直把他的遗体存放在冰柜中,并声称他只是在沉思。尽管家人希望将他火化,但旁遮普邦和哈里亚纳邦高等法院选择支持他的信徒,强调“信仰自由”。
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