The flip side of religious life in India: Muslim communities help orphaned Hindu girls marry

Muslim community in India helps pay for Hindu girl’s wedding

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, RAJASTHAN–Religious harmony between Muslims and Hindu recently performed in Ramgarh town, Alwar district, Rajasthan state, India.

This was seen when the chairman of the Anjuman education committee and the chairman of the Panchayat Samiri Nasru Khan, who are Muslims, helped each other with an orphan girl from the Hindu community to organize a wedding ceremony.

reported from Islamic news, On Wednesday (9/11/2022), people from this Muslim community come as maternal uncles for a special ceremony called Myra or bhaat.

They provided assistance including money and other gifts to help her organize food for her wedding party.

The bride, Aarushi, a resident of Ramgarh, was orphaned after losing her parents at the age of one.

Although from a lower middle class economic background, Aarushi was well cared for and brought up by his uncle Jayaprakash Jangid and his wife even received a good education.

Upon hearing the news that Aarushi was planning to marry Dalchand, a resident of Dholi Dubh, Chairman of Anjuman Education Committee and Chairman of Samiti Panchayat Nasru Khan immediately offered to help Myra Aarushi. This takes into account the poor financial situation of his family.

As reported IndianExpressmembers visit Aarushi’s home on Friday and help her get married in full Hindu rituals.


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The Muslim Community of Anjuman covered all the costs of organizing the wedding ceremony and provided other wedding accessories as gifts in Aarushi. After the event, Aarushi was seen embracing the people who helped her.

Nasru Khan, who blessed Aarsuhi’s wife in Hindu rituals, said his community often reached out to daughters without parents. This time helping to meet all the needs of Aarushi Traditional Hindu Wedding.

He added that Ramgarh is now shrouded in an air of communalism after the oft-contested elections based on the Hindu-Muslim divide.

They do this as part of the Ganga Jamni Tehzeb, an effort to keep the Tehzeeb (culture) alive. Nasru hopes that the distance between the two religions will decrease and brotherhood will come closer.

Simply raising funds from the Muslim community itself, the committee is known to have carried out similar actions before.

They helped five girls from underprivileged Hindu families to organize their wedding ceremonies. They have also held mass weddings of 560 Muslim girls in previous years.

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