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Swami Sadashiva Brahmendra Sar (Nil)     09 July 2009

Hindu temple - Muslim priest

Friends! Here is an example of communal harmony and respect forallreligions.Two Muslim priests are taking care of a Hindu temple. The news item  published today in Yahoo News is as under:

 Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir), July 8 (PTI) Situated on the banks of the icy Lidder river, a 900-year old Shiva temple is the only Hindu shrine in Kashmir valley which has Muslim priests. After the migration of Kashmiri Pandits from a nearby village, two Muslim priests - Mohmmad Abdullah and Ghulam Hassan kept the doors of the Mamalaka temple open and bells continued to toll.

"We not only took care of temple but also held ''aartis'' everyday," Ghulam Hasan told a visiting PTI correspondent here. Besides ensuring the safety of the 3-feet-long black stone "shivaling", Abdullah and Hassan have ensured no devotee goes without prasad even for a single day.

Built by Raja Jai Suria, the temple was once a must stop over for pilgrims going to the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

 



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