Peace and harmony are the two words people in Mari village, in Nalanda district in Bihar swear by.
In another heartwarming instance of communal harmony, the Hindu residents of this village have given their all to take care of a mosque.
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According to an ANI report, the Muslim population in the village slowly faded out and there was no one left to care for the mosque. That’s when the people in the village joined hands and preserved it.
From painting the walls, sweeping and mopping the premises to playing azaan at the right hour, the locals here are making an effort to do everything like the people who left it behind.
They might not know the namaz routine, but with the help of a pen drive which guides them through the process, the Hindus gather to pray just like their Muslim brothers in the mosque.
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Now, that’s kind of brotherhood this country needs at this hour and this is exactly what define us as a country. In Mari village the scourge of unemployment slowly pushed the Muslim population out of it and into places where life was possible.
A similar effort to preserve a mosque takes place in a Ludhiana village.
It’s been 70 years since Muslims in Ludhiana’s Hedon Bet left during partition. However the pre-Partition mosque in the village still stands tall and no one has ever spoken a word about demolishing it.
According to Daily Sikh Updates, Sikh elders in the village are determined that as long as they live, they will stand to prevent encroachment of the mosque that was built in 1920. The village elders said the 50 Muslim families who lived at Hedon Bet had left for Pakistan during the Partition in 1947.