“Our Hindu brothers had helped us to the best of their ability in the construction of masjid.
We are glad now to be involved in preparation for the yagna,” Haadi Hussain Ansari said. According to Ansari, he himself has taken initiatives for organizing Bhagwat Puran and around 10 smaller pujas in the village that has around 100 Muslim families. “We don´t interfere in the rituals inside the temple but participate in Kalash Yatra and make rounds of the temples. Likewise, Hindus also participate in our festivals,” he added. [break]
“We have always lived in harmony and helped each other. I am grateful for the help of Muslim brothers in Shree Maha Bishnu Yagna,” chairman of the yagna organizing committee Dinanath Prasad Sah said. Samausuddin Ansari is vice-chair of the committee and has been working round the clock for the preparation of the Hindu ceremony.
The priest of the local Hanuman Temple is elated to see locals of both Hindu and Muslim communities getting involved in preparation of the ceremony to be held at the temple premises. “People of other places can learn from the harmony between the two communities here,” said Baba Ramakanta Das.
Chief District Officer (CDO) of Bara Basanta Kumar Upadhyaya, who had attended the flag hoisting ceremony for the yagna on January 26, lauded the Hindu-Muslim camaraderie and called it exemplary for social harmony in the country.
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