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In yet another example of communal harmony in Ganderbal, Local Muslims from the Wussan area of Ganderbal helped perform the last rites of a deceased Kashmiri Pandit.
Locals told The Kashmiriyat that as soon as the death of a 90-year-old Kashmiri Pandit Nath Ji Bhat Son of Ragoram spread in the Wussan area, hundreds of Muslims rushed to the family to help in performing his last rites.
Many people amid the Covid-19 pandemic visited the home of the deceased to express condolences with the family.
Nath Ji, as per the locals of the area, said that he died on Thursday night and today she was cremated with honour, the Muslim neighbours performed her last rites as per Hindu religion.
Spreading a message of unity the Muslim community in the Wussan village helped perform the last rites of Nath Ji Bhat Son of Ragoram as per Hindu rituals.
We were equally saddened to lose an elderly person in our neighbourhood. We gathered and performed the last rites without considering what faith we follow,” Sheikh Bashir, a local resident told The Kashmiriyat.
He said Hindus and Muslims are like brothers. We always looking after one another in this village, After all, we are human first.
“This is true Kashmir, this is our culture and we share a brotherhood. We do not believe in duality or divisive politics. We share composite culture,” said another local Pandit.
“Majority of people present in the last rituals were Muslims. We performed his last rites and live here in peace and harmony,” Sheikh Bashir Said.