Daijiworld Media Network – Chamarajanagar (MS)
Chamarajanagar, Feb 15: Many incidents of disturbing communal harmony take place every now and then. However, as an exception, an exemplary act of communal harmony was seen at Ahmed Nagar of Chamarajanagar. The Muslim youths performed the final rites of an elderly Hindu woman as none of her relatives or other community members of the area came forward to conduct her funeral.
The deceased Nanjamma was married to a man of another caste. So all her relatives were keeping a distance from her. Her husband had passed away many years ago. She was living in Ahmed Nagar along with her daughter in a rented house.
Except Nanjamma’s grand daughter’s husband, none of the other relatives joined hands to perform her final rites.
The Muslim youths of the locality who came to know of the issue, went to the market and brought all the things needed to hold the final rites of Nanjamma as per Hindu tradition and conducted her funeral. Earlier, when Nanjamma was ill, these youths used to help her financially.