Temple throws vegetarian iftar party for Muslims
move” is an attempt to usurp power from the state governments. He said the ban would affect the livelihood of millions of people, especially those in the farming sector.
Vijayan added he didn’t need a “lesson in food habits from New Delhi or Nagpur”, referring to the RSS headquarters in Maharashtra.
Moreover, the CPI(M) will organise “evening dharnas” in 2,000 places across Kerala on Friday coinciding with Shah’s threeday tour to the southern state.
However, the party’s state president Kummanam Rajasekharan said beef was not an issue at all in the state. “The CPI(M) is talking in the air. Beef is not banned here. It is whipping up an unnecessary controversy to put the BJP in a bad light and it won’t succeed,” he said.
temple in Kerala’s Muslim-dominated Malappuram district held an iftar party for Muslims fasting during the month of Ramzan, amid a row over a central notification regulating cattle sale and slaughter across the country.
The Shree Narasimhamoorthy Temple in Punnathala had enough reasons to hold such the event on its premises after Muslims loosened their wallet generously for the restoration work that was recently carried out on its premises.
Initially, the temple was planning a mass banquet but later changed its plan and decided to host an iftar — the meal with which Muslims break their fast during Ramzan. At least 500 people thronged the temple hall on Wednesday for the feast and, of course, there was no non-vegetarian dish. “For us, it is the festival of the area not of a particular community,” T Asainar, a teacher, said.
The neglected temple was in ruins when the shrine committee took up the renovation and deity restoration work and Muslims wholeheartedly supported the
Here we live like a family. In fact, the suggestion to renovate the temple came from some Muslim families of area.
move. The centuries-old idol of the presiding deity, Lord Vishnu in the Narasimha avatar, will be reinstalled on Sunday.
“Here we live like a single family. We consult each other on important occasions. In fact, the suggestion to renovate the temple came from some Muslim families of the area,” temple committee secretary PT Mohanan said, adding that a major chunk of expense (around ₹20 lakh) was borne by the Muslims.
Mohanan said the tiny village was a classic example of religious unity and that people who always think and work on communal lines should take a lesson from it.
The government last week announced that cows and buffaloes cannot be sold for slaughter at animal markets across India, allowing only farmland owners to trade at animal markets.