A small village in Begusarai, Bihar has demonstrated what real co-existence means.
Muslims in village in Bachawara village are busy building a temple for their Hindus neighbours – setting a concrete example of real coexistence. Earlier, a Hindu farmer built a shrine for the Muslims.
The land for a Shiva temple has been donated by a Muslim landlord, The money is being raised by fellow Muslims, who go around with a green donation sheet, asking for alms. A group of Muslim young men are also performing the kar seva by physically helping with construction work.
The village has pre-dominant Muslim population and they are building a temple to reciprocate the construction of a ‘Mazar’, which has been built by Ganga Chaudhary, a Hindu farmer.
Unfazed by the bitterness over the Ayodhya mandir-maszid dispute, this village community stands together, proclaiming that for them humanity is the only religion, whether they worship in temples or offer namaz in mosque”.
“We have accepted the verdict and celebrated with both Hindus and Muslims,” said a villager, Salauddin Ansari.
These villagers, mainly bidi makers, are untouched by distrust and hatred elsewhere. “Both Hindus and Muslims stay together here,” Veena Devi, a villager told a news channel which covered the story.