Muslims and Hindus come collectively to carry out final rites of Kashmiri Pandit in Ganderbal

Shah Basit

The native Muslims in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district helped in performing the final rites of a 62-year-old Kashmiri Pandit, who died on Saturday.

Setting an instance of communal concord and brotherhood, the native Muslims village Tullamulla got here collectively to assist carry out the final rites of their Pandit neighbour.

Bansi Lal Pandit resident of Batpora Tullamulla village about 5 kilometer from Ganderbal city was a identified determine within the space, in accordance with the locals.

He was working in Postal companies for a very long time and is understanding for serving to the locals no matter their religion and perception.

As only some of his relations had been round, Lal’s native mates and neighbours from the Muslim neighborhood took it upon themselves to assist carry out his final rites, locals informed The Kashmiriyat.

The native Muslims organised and carried out his final rites and mourned his dying as certainly one of their very own. They shouldered his coffin and organized wooden for the cremation within the village, Bilal Bhat a neighborhood mentioned.

“He was certainly one of us. We by no means considered him as one other. We organized every little thing wanted for the cremation,” mentioned one other native resident, a middle-aged man from the locality.

“He has been residing right here amongst us for since his beginning . We’ve lived alongside one another and carried out every little thing collectively,” he mentioned, including that folks from different adjoining areas additionally visited the residence to sympathise with the bereaved relations.

Lal’s family members chatting with The Kashmiriyat mentioned that Muslims of the village at all times assist them in instances of want and they don’t intervene within the spiritual affairs.

“They (Muslims) sit at a distance when a ritual must be carried out by a Pandit, however the remainder of the preparations had been organized by them,” they mentioned.

The members of the minority neighborhood expressed their gratitude to native Muslims for standing by their aspect by means of thick and skinny.