Heavy rains disrupted the muse stone-laying ceremony of a mosque in Moga’s Bhular village on Sunday morning, but it surely didn’t dampen the group spirit among the many villagers as they opened the gates of the gurdwara and arranged this system there.
Within a couple of hours the villagers of Sikh and Hindu group had made all of the preparations for the programme. There was langar, there have been scorching jalebis, and ardas (prayers) have been provided for the profitable completion of the venture.
Sarpanch Pala Singh (45) instructed The Indian Express that his village has seven gurdwaras and two temples, however no mosque. “There was a mosque before partition in 1947 but its structure turned into ruins over time. We have four Muslim families in the village who chose to live here and since then Hindu, Muslim and Sikh families live in harmony in our village. However, we all wanted Muslim families to have their place of worship as well, so it was decided that the mosque would be rebuilt on the land where it existed earlier,” he mentioned.
Pala Singh additional mentioned that when all preparations have been made to put the muse stone of the mosque on Sunday, it began raining closely and the land turned marshy. “People have been unhappy and upset when instructed that the occasion may need to be postponed attributable to heavy rains, however all of the villagers determined that the venue could be shifted to the close by Sri Satsang Sahib Gurdwara. The Guru’s home is at all times open to all communities. Then everybody gathered and organized every part inside hours. The occasion was organized and all of the villagers participated, no matter their faith.
The Sarpanch mentioned that within the final 70 years, the villagers by no means allowed anybody to really feel alone. “They are very happy that a mosque will be our tenth place of worship,” he mentioned.
The villagers have additionally donated for the development of the mosque. He mentioned, “From Rs 100 to Rs 1 lakh, folks from each group gave as a lot as they gave. Waqf board members are additionally contributing.”
Bohar Singh, the previous sarpanch of the village, mentioned throughout his speech on the gurdwara that his total village would totally cooperate within the building of the mosque.
Naib Shahi Imam Maulana Mohammad Usman Rahmani Ludhianvi, who attended the ceremony, thanked the villagers for the venue.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
