Muslims in Srinagar perform last rites of a Hindu woman

May 10, 2021

Srinagar(Jammu & Kashmir), May10(ANI): Hundreds of people mostly Muslim recently gathered at the home of Kashmiri Pandit V.L.Vishen, who is a Principal of Caset school in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar to condole the death of his wife, Raj Dulari Vishen.Even though belonging to other community, they did all the arrangements of funeral ceremony as per Hindu rituals, presenting a beautiful picture of Kashmiriyat which signifies the centuries old indigenous secularism of the land of Jammu and Kashmir. Though Raj Dulari has lost the battle of life but for her family and neighbours she was a true fighter because during the tumultuous years of 90’s when all Pandits were leaving Kashmir due to militancy, she supported her husband and decided to stay back with her Muslim brethren.Besides making all the arrangements, Muslims also helped in carrying the body of the deceased to the cremation pyre.They said, she has always treated them like her children and they too have always respected her like a mother. It’s due to the courage shown by a woman at a time when others decided to quit, that today all her neighbours no matter which community they belong came to attend her funeral ceremony and bid her final goodbye.