1. Muslim community join hands to rebuild Kali Temple in Bengal
Setting an example of communal harmony and tolerance, Muslims residents at Nanoor in Birbhum district came forward to construct a Kali temple which had to be demolished for widening a village road two years ago.
According to a HT report, the temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, was inaugurated amid Kali Puja revelry in Basapara, located in the Nanoor area, 160 km from the capital city of Kolkata. Neighbours collected funds, bought a plot and started constructing the temple so that the puja of the goddess can be organised this year.
Muslims joined the drive to raise funds and, in fact, ended up collecting Rs 7 lakh of the total Rs 10 lakh that was spent to rebuild the temple at a new site, reports HT.
2. Ramlila & Namaz happen side by side in this twin Mandir-Masjid in UP
It was a late evening, when the sound of 'Namaz' and 'Chaupais', fell in people's ears, together. While Ramlila was happening at the Lat Bhairav Mandir, Muslims were offering Namaz at the adjoining Lat Masjid.
This harmonious practice has been continuing for over three centuries and completed 350 years this year. Both the mandir and the masjid are located in close proximity.
3. Spreading the message of communal harmony, Bengali family worships Muslim girl in Kumari Puja
Spreading the message of communal harmony, on Durga Puja last month, a four-year-old Muslim girl was worshipped as Kumari. Kumari is a ritual that takes place on Maha Ashtami, the eighth day of Durga Puja, where a girl is worshipped as a goddess.
This year in the Kumari Puja, the Duttas have done what a lot of people might hesitate to do. Fatima, daughter of a grocery store owner - Muhammad Tahir - near Fatehpur Sikri in Agra, and Bushra Bibi, was worshipped in the house of Dutta’s of Baguiati in Kolkata’s north east fringes.
4. Muslim man keeps alive family tradition of making Dussehra effigies
A Muslim man earned praise after he seen preparing the effigies to be used on the occasion that is majorly celebrated across India to mark the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana, the demon king of Lanka.
Jafar Ali, who hails from nearby Mathura said that his family has been doing this work for the past three generations and is an example of communal harmony and brotherhood in the country.
"Our family has been for generations making the Ravana effigy. We do it to show Hindu-Muslim unity. Yes, we are Muslim but we do it," Ali told news agency ANI.