Editing Relic (section)

== Hinduism ==
In [[Hinduism]], relics are less common than in other religions since the physical remains of most saints are [[cremation|cremated]]. The veneration of corporal relics may have originated with the ''[[śramaṇa]]'' movement or the appearance of [[Buddhism]], and burial practices became more common after the [[Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent|Muslim invasions]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Aymard |first=Orianne|authorlink=Orianne Aymard |date=2014 |title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4hSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=71 |isbn=978-0199368631}}</ref> One prominent example is the preserved body of [[Ramanuja|Swami Ramanuja]] in a separate shrine inside Srirangam Temple.