Sikh woman gives land for mosque, Hindus pitch in with financial aid

Dec 26, 2025 | 16:48 IST

Biji Rajinder Kaur with her family members and villagers at her home

For 25 years, Jakhwali’s Muslims travelled to another village to pray. This winter, a Sikh grandmother’s gift is building them a mosque — with the whole village pitching in.

In the Season of Giving, a 75-Sikh woman has donated land for construction of a mosque in a village of Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district, and Sikh and Hindu families have pitched in with money.

This heart-warming tale comes from Jakhwali -a predominantly Sikh village (400500 families), with sizable Hindu (150 families) and Muslim (100 families) populations. This hamlet, around 55km from Chandigarh, has a gurdwara and a Shiva Temple but no mosque.

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Sikh woman gives land for mosque, Hindus pitch in with financial aid

For 25 years, Jakhwali’s Muslims travelled to another village to pray. This winter, a Sikh grandmother’s gift is building them a mosque — with the whole village pitching in.

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Sikh woman gives land for mosque, Hindus pitch in with financial aid

For 25 years, Jakhwali’s Muslims travelled to another village to pray. This winter, a Sikh grandmother’s gift is building them a mosque — with the whole village pitching in.

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