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Hindu neighbour Sanjiv saved Mujibur Rehman during Delhi riots
Sanjiv risked his life when his Muslim neighbour's house was attacked and set on fire in February 2020.
Sanjiv, a Hindu resident of northeast Delhi, saved his Muslim neighbour Mujibur Rehman when Rehman's house was attacked and set on fire during the riots of February 2020. Mojo Story tracked Sanjiv down after an earlier report on Rehman and released his interview on 27 February 2020. The reporting team spent a full day searching for him. In the video, Sanjiv broke down and said he had since received death threats for saving a life.
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Muslims seek blessings for Ugadi at Devuni Kadapa temple in Andhra
Muslim families visit a Lord Venkateswara temple in Kadapa district at Ugadi, following a centuries-old local belief.
Muslims visit the Devuni Kadapa temple in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh to seek blessings at Ugadi, The News Minute reported in April 2016. The temple, about 120 km from Tirupati, has Lord Venkateswara as its presiding deity. Local Muslims refer to the deity as their son-in-law. This comes from a belief that Lord Balaji married Bibi Nancharamma, a Muslim woman, in 1311 AD. Many local Muslim families mark the Telugu new year with a visit.
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Malerkotla Muslim families donate grain for Golden Temple langar
Households in Muslim-majority villages near Malerkotla sent grain to Amritsar after an appeal during the 2020 lockdown.
Muslim families from villages in and around Malerkotla in Punjab donated grain to the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 2020 to keep its langar running during the COVID-19 lockdown. The effort followed the temple's appeal for grain for its free kitchen. Dr Nasir Akhtar of the Sikh-Muslim Affinity Foundation helped organise it. Each household gave about five kg, and around 35 tonnes was collected over 35 days. Volunteers then delivered the grain to Amritsar.
Read full story at The Tribune
Mumbai-born Muslim police officer heads security at Indianapolis Hindu temple
Lt Javed Khan, raised in Lonavla, looks after safety at the largest Hindu temple in Indianapolis.
Lt Javed Khan, a Mumbai-born Muslim officer with the local police in Indianapolis, US, is director of security at the city's largest Hindu temple, PTI reported. Khan grew up in Lonavla near Pune and moved to the US in 2000, settling in Indiana a year later. He holds an eighth-degree black belt in taekwondo and is a kickboxing champion. He is at the temple every Sunday and sometimes on Friday nights.
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Muslim residents protect Hindu neighbours and temple in Mustafabad
A Mojo Story ground report from Mustafabad shows residents of a Muslim-majority area keeping Hindu families and a temple safe.
Muslim residents of Mustafabad in northeast Delhi protected their Hindu neighbours and a local temple during the violence in the area in 2020, according to a ground report by Mojo Story. Mustafabad is a Muslim-majority locality, and Hindu families also live there alongside their Muslim neighbours. The video shows residents describing how they kept watch over the Hindu households and the temple during those days.
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Local Muslims welcome Kashmiri Pandits at Kheer Bhawani mela in Ganderbal
Hundreds of Pandit devotees returned for the annual fair, helped by Muslim stall owners and locals.
Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits attended the annual Kheer Bhawani mela at the Ragnya Devi temple in Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, in June 2018, and local Muslims welcomed them. Devotees came from Jammu and elsewhere to offer milk and kheer at the sacred spring. Muslim locals ran stalls selling prayer items and fruit. One devotee, Sarika, said a local man drove her family to the temple and refused payment.
Read full story at The Quint
Kashmiri Muslims serve Hindu pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra route
Muslim stall owners, pony operators and drivers help over 200,000 pilgrims reach the Himalayan cave shrine.
Kashmiri Muslims supported Hindu pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir in July 2018. Thousands of Muslim shopkeepers, workers and pony operators serve the two-month pilgrimage, which draws more than 200,000 people. In Jammu, Hussain Ali welcomed pilgrims with garlands and ran food stalls. At Baltal, sellers stay in touch with pilgrims and greet them on Eid and Diwali. Locals arrange ponies and palkis for those who cannot walk.
Read full story at Religion Unplugged
Aligarh Muslims serve food and medicines to Kanwar pilgrims
A camp run by Muslim residents of Aligarh served Shiva devotees on the Kanwar route during Mahashivratri.
A group of Muslims in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, set up a camp offering food, milk and medicines to Kanwar pilgrims during Mahashivratri in March 2019, ANI reported. Organiser Amanullah Khan said he had run the camp at Mahashivratri for five years. He told ANI they serve everyone without discrimination. A Muslim woman at the camp said all people should live together peacefully. The pilgrims, devotees of Lord Shiva, stopped at the camp along their route.
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Muslim youth and Hindu friend carry 251-litre kanwar through Muzaffarnagar
Shakir and Mintu Nagori walked from Haridwar together on the Kanwar Yatra in July 2026 with Ganga water.
Shakir, a Muslim youth from Phalawda in Meerut, and his Hindu friend Mintu Nagori carried a 251-litre kanwar of Ganga water through Muzaffarnagar district during the Kanwar Yatra in July 2026. The two friends left Haridwar on the night of 17 July. They had carried 101 litres on an earlier yatra. Pilgrims on the route filmed the pair. They plan to offer the water at a temple in Meerut and say their walk promotes harmony across faiths.
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Muslim family in Harda has built Ravan effigy for 50 years
The Sheikh family of Khedipura makes the 52-foot effigy burnt at Nehru Stadium, keeping a shared Dussehra tradition going.
In 2025, a team from the Sheikh Muslim family of Khedipura in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, built the Ravan effigy for the town's Dussehra celebration at Nehru Stadium. The family says it has made the effigy for about 50 years, a task passed down over generations. This year's effigy stood 52 feet tall. About 15 young municipal employees from the community worked on it from morning to night. The family says the work keeps Harda's shared cultural traditions alive.
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Temple, school and madrasa shelter flood victims in Kodagu
During the 2018 Kodagu floods, a temple, a school and a madrasa housed about 1,000 people regardless of faith.
During the August 2018 floods and landslides in Karnataka's Kodagu district, the Srirama Temple, St Anthony's school and a local madrasa were turned into relief camps. Together they sheltered about 1,000 people from hamlets such as Mukkodlu, Makkandur and Hattihole. Coordinators said food and supplies came from private donations. Local youth trekked risky routes to bring stranded families to safety, and residents gave foodgrains, clothes and blankets.
Read full story at The Better India
Shri Sita Ram temple in Ayodhya hosts iftar for third time
Priest Yugal Kishor opened the Ayodhya temple to people of all faiths to break the Ramzan fast together.
In May 2019, the Shri Sita Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, hosted an iftar on its premises during Ramzan. People from different faiths sat together to break the fast. Temple priest Yugal Kishor told ANI it was the third iftar the temple had organised, and that he would keep holding them. Attendee Mujammil Fiza said he celebrates Navratri with his Hindu friends every year.
Read full story at LatestLY (ANI)