Another example of Hindu Muslim brotherhood running for years was seen at the time when Kashmiri Muslims participated in marriage ceremony of a Pandit girl in Lar area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
Muslim neighbours who participated in the marriage ceremony of Meenu Kumari daughter of Late Pandit Mohan Lal in Lar village said that It was a great moment for villagers we welcomed groom with Kashmiri song and this voice spread throughout village.
He said: ‘it is our century-old tradition under which muslims and Pandits living here attend each other’s celebrations of joy or sorrow’.
This is true Kashmir, this is our culture and we share brotherhood. We do not believe in divisive politics. We share composite culture,” said, he said.
There has been an old tradition whether Kashmir or Hindu we are living each other here, No matter what the situation is, we always supported each other.
Kashmiri Muslim men and women participated in mehandiraat, other rituals including singing and dancing, which gives a clear message that how Muslims and Hindus have been living in Kashmir Valley.
Another local muslim said that this a centuries old bond between Hindus and Muslims we had been attending the wedding of this sister for four days, a he said.
Muslim women were seeing welcoming the groom and also participated in singing and dancing including along with Pandit woman during the marriage ceremony.
During this time Sanathan Dharma Sabha District President Ganderbal Badri Nath Butt said that the marriage ceremony was four days long and during this time the muslims men and women of here attended it.
He said that the muslims attended all the rites of the wedding ceremony of Pandit girl.
They said that we have been living together here for years, and we attend each other’s celebrations, whether they are festivals, weddings or any event of grief.
