It is a Hindu multiplicity village where the temple of Durga Mata draws a lot of Hindu devotees but surprisingly, all the priests of this temple are Muslims.
A glimpse of Bagaria village in Bhopalgarh tehsil is enough to see the example of mutual brotherhood and communal harmony of Hindus and Muslims. Durga Mandir of this village is always in limelight during the Navaratri festival.
It is a Hindu multiplicity village where the temple of Durga Mata draws a lot of Hindu devotees but surprisingly, all the priests of this temple are Muslims. Pujari here recites Durga Saptashati with the nine-day flame intact in the temple. The significance of this temple is that one can always hear the jaykara of mata whether its Ramzan or Navratri.
The priest family considers this Goddess as their kuldevi and their true reverence and immense faith in this temple is well-known in the surrounding Hindu villages.
Eighty-year-old Jamaluddin Khan, the priest of the temple, says about 500-600 years ago, a group of Muslim traders from Sindh province of now in Pakistan was passing through here with their animals. They were going to Malwa in the then Central India.
They stayed at Bagriya village in the night and the Goddess Durga appeared in the dream of one of his ancestors and said that you worship my statue. They built a temple and the worship of the Goddess Durga has been going on. Jamaluddin says that “the chief priest is appointed from our family and after my father, I have been serving the temple as a priest for nearly 50 years.” Pujari Jamaluddin said that devotees of every religion come to this temple. Presenting the cordial picture of Hindu-Muslim relations, there is also a madarsa near the temple.
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