Shivamogga: The small temple in the middle of the Sahyadri mountains in Karnataka has become a symbol of communal harmony with a Muslim woman and her relatives offer special Puja there during the ongoing Navaratri festival.
Famida Sharif and several relatives offer Puja at the Temple of Bhagavati Amma in the city of Sagar, around 375 km from Bengaluru.
The deceased husband Ibrahim Sharif built him 50 years ago on the ground being contributed by the train.
“When my husband was young, Dewi Durga often appeared in his dream.
Then, when he consulted Sridhar Swami, a fortune teller of Varadaralli, he suggested he worshiped Dewi regularly,” Remember Famida.
Then, when Ibrahim, who came from Kerala, Join the train and decided to build a temple, many did not like the idea.
Overcoming the opposition, he finally built it and managed it for several years before he handed it to Hindu after forming a committee.
He then moved to another city.
However, he and his family make The point to go there and offer prayers during special events such as Navaratri.
“After his death, we continued this tradition,” Famida said.