The grave that became a shrine : the lives of keramat graves in Singapore

• Main Author: Muhammad Faisal Husni
• Other Authors: Sujatha Arundathi Meegama
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature; DRNTU::Visual arts and music::General::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81275; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47512
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Keramat graves may be found in many parts of the Malay world. The Malay word keramat signifies venerated objects. Some of these include Malay or Muslim graves of significant and holy persons, which have become sites of worship or shrines. By focusing on the objectness and lives of these sacred sites...