Grass with Gandhi`s blood sells for #10,000

A pinch of soil and blood-stained blades of grass from the place where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 sold for £10,000 at an auction on Tuesday that also saw many other Gandhi memorabilia going under the hammer including his iconic round-rimmed glasses that fetched more than twice the estimated price. While the glasses sold for £34,000 the charkha or the spinning wheel realised £26,000.