Hindus may be enthusiastic about the month of Srawan, but meet Mohammed Zahir and you would not know the difference. He gets up every morning, cleans the premises of the Shiva temple in Khandwa, Indore (In India) and also takes care of the Dargah. Religion has never been an obstacle in his services. He believes in Allah, God, Bhagwan are the same, but humans perceive differently.
One of the most popular pilgrimage destinations, the Shiva temple witnesses a number of footfalls every year. Zahir not only helps the pilgrims perform the puja but also places the offering at the Lingam.
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According to Dainik Bhaskar, he sweeps, decorates the Shiva Linga and sticks around from dawn to dusk in the temple premises for the past six years. The temple comes under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and they employed him as the caretaker. The 40-year-old man finds the job as a privilege and has been happy to serve the temple.
The temple does not have a ‘pundit’ to conduct prayers or do rituals and he sometimes commits to help tourists by offering their prayers and performs ‘archana’ to the Shiva Linga. Interestingly, he also serves a Dargah which is just a stone’s throw away from the temple which also comes under ASI.
Zahir believes that his services to both the temple and Dargah will teach equality and harmony to his five children.
He hails from Asirgarh, 20 kilometers away from Burhanpur near ‘Asigarh’ fort in MP. And he has been serving the temple for the past 6 years since the time it came under the wings of the ASI. The Dargah is just 100 meters away, which also comes under ASI. While taking care of both the places, he says that this will teach his five children the quality of equality and harmony.
Zahir says,”If we come out of our ego and are driven by love, there is nothing to hate, no religion above or below, no God bigger or smaller; there is only one power which runs this universe and for that, all are the same.”
If there is a word greater than great and hats off great hats off to you baba
Pranam,
Mohammad Jahir knows the meaning of ONE God.
Our Pranams to such souls — for whom Religion is just Humanity — and have such great strength in their Hearts.
Such souls need be honoured (they may not bother) and shown to more Indians at large.
GOD IS LOVE
PEACE AND LOVE
GOD IS ONE
THE WORLD IS ONE
PEACE ON EARTH
WE ALL GOD CHILDRENS
GOD BLESSING
GOD BLESS ALL RELIGIONS
It is really good to see a Muslim having a broad thinking like all Hindus posses. How nice if everybody has this kind of thinking and living together. Time has come to realise that the entire earth is but one family as advocated by the Hindu Philosophy.
thank God,such souls exist…for the rest to follow,
thank you for publishing.
THE GRATEST NAME OF SHIVA
This soul is inspired by Shiva in His service. He has left nothing to be achieved. Lord Shiva bless him!
I heard of muslims performing at shiva temples in the state of Gujarat. Anyone knows about it ? I’d like to make some pictures there. Thanks om
In this era, when most of the people killing each other in the name of religion, it is quite wonderful to see these types of souls like Mohammed Zahir sahab who is doing great job as representative of both the religions. The so-called religious leaders who in the name of God spreading fanaticism in the world and as a result of the same, we are witnessing that daily. In my opinion, these type of broad minded persons and great souls have to be well regarded and they should be given some important positions, which is in the interest of our nation as well as world at large.
Om Namah Shivay
Let the torch of Humanity burn in all the hearts. Its a lesson to the current generation that GOD IS ONE even though we call HIM with different names. The rituals that we perform in Temple, Mosque, Church OR Gurudwara are all meaningless unless we truly understand that He lives in our hearts and not just in place of worship.
So divine service.
Namaste.
my regards to the person who has been able to break down the batriers of religion. the hard-hearted orthodox people propagating religious hatred should learn from him.