Uttarakhand: Muslims offer prayers in Gurudwara on Eid-ul-Adha

A Gurudwara in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, offered help to Muslim brothers as they were unable to offer namaz at Gandhi Maidan due to heavy rains.

In a show of communal harmony and mutual respect, Sikh community offered space to Muslims to offer namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha on Saturday.

A Gurudwara in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, helped Muslim community members as they were unable to offer namaz at Gandhi Maidan due to heavy rains.

"It was raining heavily and to spare our Muslim brethren the inconvenience of offering namaz in the open we offered to them the precincts of our Gurudwara in Joshimath for the purpose," Hemkund Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee chief Sardar Seva Singh told PTI. The HGPC chief said they have offered their space for offering namaz to the Muslim brethren under similar circumstances in the past as well.

(With agency inputs)