Varanasi: Muslim women celebrate Diwali, perform Aarti of Lord Ram to promote communal harmony

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 Muslim women celebrate Diwali, perform Aarti of Lord Ram to promote communal harmony

VARANASI: While Hindus celebrated Diwali across the country on Monday night, a group of Muslim women and men also joined them in the holy city of Varanasi to celebrate the festival of light with religious fervour.

The Muslim women performed Aarti of Lord Shri Ram. They made rangoli, decorated the idol of Lord Ram with flowers, and performed the aarti with full enthusiasm. They believe that the darkness of hatred can be eradicated from the world by lighting a lamp in the name of Ram.The Muslim women gathered at the Subhash Bhavan in Lamhi village to celebrate Diwali and perform Lord Ram's aarti. They performed aarti of Lord Shri Ram and Mata Janaki's idols by lighting lamps in decorated plates.

They sang the Shri Ram aarti composed in Urdu by Nazneen Ansari, the President of Muslim Mahila Foundation. After the aarti, Nazneen Ansari distributed Lord Shri Ram's prasad among the people.“We have changed our religion, not dharma. Dharma is only Sanatan, and we all are Sanatani Hindus. All Indians are one through their ancestors and traditions. We just changed the way of worship, how can we abandon our ancestors and traditions because of this.

Ram's arrival means happiness, prosperity, peace, compassion, love, kindness, relationships, values, unity, sacrifice, and respect. This is possible only through Ram's name, and every country should accumulate the wealth of Ram's name to save their family and nation,” said Nazneen Ansari, adding, “Our relationship with Afghanistan is of ancestors and blood.

Lord Ram's statue should be installed in Afghanistan so that people there can connect with their ancestors' culture.”Najma Parveen of Vishal Bharat Sansthan said, “We are not so shameless to forget our ancestors and pretend to be Arabic and Turkish. We are pure Indians and our roots are in Sanatan only. Caste and gotra are our identity. No fatwa and threat can separate us from our Ram.”These women have been continuing the practice for 19 years under the joint aegis of Muslim Mahila Foundation and Vishal Bharat Sansthan. These Muslim women have been giving the message of communal harmony and unity by performing the Aarti of Lord Shri Ram every year since the 2006 terror blast in Varanasi.Vishal Bharat Sansthan President, Rajiv Shriguruji, said that Ram's path is the only means to end the hatred spread in the world. Where Ram's footsteps fall, there will be the pleasant experience of Ramrajya. Ram's arrival means freedom from suffering, an increase in love, and values of service. This is what will make the nation great.

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