Soil from Ayodhya gifted to Varanasi's Nazneen Ansari

VARANASI: Head of Ayodhya’s Panch Ramanandiya Lashkari Sampradaya Saket Bhushan Sri Ram Peeth Mahant Shambhu Devacharya on Saturday gifted a pot containing soil from the land of Ram to president of

Muslim Mahila Foundation

(MMF),

Nazneen Ansari

.

Appreciating Nazneen for her message of communal harmony and unity by performing ‘aarti’ of Ram on Diwali and

Ram Navmi

, the mahant said, “I have gifted her soil from Ayodhya seeking cooperation from all sections of the society in building Ram mandir in Ayodhya.”

An office-bearer of

Muslim Rashtriya Manch

, Purnendu Upadhyay, said the “sacred” soil will be put at different places for public view. Presently, the pot containing the soil has been kept at

Varuna Nagaram Colony

in

Hukulganj

area.

Nazneen and her fellow Muslim women have been performing Ram ‘aarti’ and reciting prayers on Hindu festivals like Ram Navmi and Diwali since 2006, when the

Sankat Mochan

temple was rocked by a terrorist blast.

“Ayodhya is the name of our pilgrimage, where lives Imam of Hind Shri Ram,” she said.

She has also scripted “Shri Ram Aarti”, “Shri Ram Prarthana”, “Durga Chalisa” and translated “Hanuman Chalisa” and “Ramcharitmanas” in Urdu.