A Muslim family has donated its land in the Sheopur district for the expansion of a Hanuman temple.
Thirty four-year-old Javed Ansari recently donated 1,905 square feet of his land for the expansion of Imli Wale Hanuman Mandir at village Bagwaz in the district.
Ansari said he had donated the land to Hanuman Mandir to send out a message of communal harmony. He believed that such gestures would increase brotherhood between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
“Ansari had submitted an application to donate 1,905 square feet from his land to the committee running the management of Imli Wale Hanuman Mandir. After recording the statements of Ansari and his family members, who jointly share the ownership, the land was handed over to the committee,” Sub Divisional Magistrate RB Sindoskar said.
This temple is located about one kilometre from the district headquarters on Gupteshwar road in village Bagwaz. This land would be used for the seating arrangements of devotees and the boundary wall. SDM said that the orders related to the land donation were issued on August 16.
The temple committee chairman Raju Vaish said that the land was donated by Javed Ansari in consultation with his brothers Parvez, Shahnaj, Shoib and Shadab. “Now, the land is under the possession of temple committee,” he added.