Brahmins give land and Sikhs fund mosque in Barnala village
In Moom village, Brahmin families donated land and Sikh residents paid for a mosque for local Muslims.
Brahmin families in Moom village of Punjab’s Barnala district donated about two marlas of land so local Muslims could build a mosque, The Better India reported in February 2018. Sikh residents gave funds and helped with construction. Muslims had been praying in two rooms at the shrine of Baba Momin Shah. Pandit Purshotam Lal, an Ayurveda practitioner, rallied Brahmin support. Najim Khan and his brother Jasvir Khan supervised the work.
- Where
- Moom village, Barnala district, Punjab
- When
- February 2018
- Who
- Brahmin families; Sikh residents; Pandit Purshotam Lal; Najim Khan and Jasvir Khan
- Source
- The Better India
