Allahabad: A group of Muslims from Sahumai village in Kunda tehsil of Pratapgarh organised a ‘bhandara’ (community feast) in their area on Tuesday on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.

The group named as Roshan Tare Trust has also organised a ‘Bhajan Sandhya’ on the occasion of Mahashivaratri and spent over Rs 10,000 for the ‘bhandara’ at Railway Gate locality and also distributed “puri” and “sabji” among devotees.

Founder of the trust Mohd Amir said, “The community feast is organized as the symbol of brotherhood and harmony”. He further added “people of all communities are associated with the trust and we all believe in celebrating festivals of all communities togetherness to foster communal harmony .”

Two years back, Amir had donated a piece of his land for the construction of a Ram temple in Sahumai village.

Amir made it clear that “ we have been celebrating Holi, Diwali, Eid and other festivals under common roof and serving the mankind is our prime motto”. Three years back, when we started the exercise to join people of all communities in celebrating each other’s festivals, many locals had raised their eyebrows but when people came to know our intensions, they too came with us for novel cause.

