Act of communal harmony - Muslims help marry off financially poor Hindu girl

Puttur, 20 Mar 2019 [Fik/News Sources]:  In an exemplary act of communal harmony, people of Muslim community, neighbours of a financially poor Hindu family, took the onus of the marriage of their daughter. This display of humanity coupled with social harmony occurred from Karuvelu of Uppinangady near here on Monday, March 18.

Revati, who belongs to a financially poor family, works in a factory. She was in love with Sharat, a resident of Salmara. However, Revati’s parents did not have the financial capacity to get her married. Under these circumstances, the people who rushed to their help were their Muslim neighbours.

The Muslim neighbours spoke to the boy’s family on behalf of the girl and fixed the date for marriage. There were some relatives of the girl who joined them during the preparations for the marriage. They brought the leaf of palm trees and built a pandal. The bride was decorated with all the ornaments and dress as per the Hindu tradition in the house of person called Latif. All the marriage rites were conducted as per the Hindu tradition. Dinner for 150 people was served as a part of the marriage celebration.

All the expenses of marriage including that of Mangalasutra and two sets of dress for the bride were borne by Latif, K Aboobacker, owner of Niha Dresses, Shameer, Puttumonu and others.

This generous act of the Muslim community, which brought light in the life of a Hindu girl is being lauded by everyone.