Communal Harmony At Its Best: Ramlila & Namaz Happen Side By Side In This Twin Mandir-Masjid In UP
Muslims were offering Namaz at the adjoining Lat Masjid. This harmonious practice has been continuing for over three centuries and completed 350 years this year Both the mandir and the masjid are located in close proximity.
It was a late evening, when the sound of ¡®Namaz¡¯ and ¡®Chaupais¡¯, fell in people¡¯s ears, together. While Ramlila was happening at the Lat Bhairav Mandir, Muslims were offering Namaz at the adjoining Lat Masjid.
This harmonious practice has been continuing for over three centuries and completed 350 years this year. Both the mandir and the masjid are located in close proximity.
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On Tuesday, when the scene of ¡®Jayant Netra Bhag¡¯ was being performed at the Ramlila at Lath Bhairav mandir, Muslims were reading namaz.
¡°Since 1543, Ramlila is being performed on this chabootra (raised platform) and for 350 years, namaz too is being offered. When this scene would be enacted on navmi, Ramlila and namaz would be held side by side,¡± said spokesperson for Lath Bhairav temple, Vikas Yadav.
Ramlila began before the evening namaz, so after the Muslims completed their namaz, they joined as the part of audience in Ramlila. ¡°This is our culture where both Hindus and Muslims coexist. There has never been trouble and both namaz and Ramlila are conducted in harmony every year,¡± said Lath Masjid¡¯s 63-year-old caretaker Anisur Rahman.
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¡°Eight years ago, a puja at the mandir and 21st Ramzan roza iftar at the mosque were simultaneously held and we have kept this tradition alive,¡± said Rahman.
