Members of Hindu and Sikh community gather funds for construction of mosque in Punjab

Jul 12, 2021

Moga (Punjab), July 12(ANI): In a display of communal harmony in the country, Hindu and Sikh residents of Punjab’s Bhullar village are building a mosque for the village’s Muslim residents.The village is located in the Moga district of Punjab and constitutes of seven gurudwaras and two temples. There was a mosque that existed here before the partition of India and Pakistan but now stands in ruins. Although the village has only 4 Muslim families, Sikh and Hindu members of the village decided that a mosque should be constructed here. The mosque’s foundation stone was supposed to be held earlier, but heavy rains ruined the event. In another wonderful gesture of brotherhood and unity, members of the Sikh community opened doors of a nearby Gurudwara to accommodate the event and even organised the event. Villagers have gone out of their way to donate sums of money that ranged from Rs.100 to around Rs. 1 lakh. This remarkable gesture by Hindu and Sikh community members to help their Muslim brethren in worshipping without hardships serves as a wonderful example of secularism, fraternity, religious tolerance and unity in diversity.