# Punjab villagers restore mosques, reconnecting communities divided by partition

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-rebuilding-old-mosques-is-bringing-sikhs-hindus-and-muslims-together-in-punjab/
- Published: 2026-10-28T07:00:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T09:07:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/28/punjab-india-mosques-restored-heal-sectarian-wounds
- Topics: Americas, Art, Asia, Culture, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Sikh and Hindu villagers are helping restore mosques in Punjab.
- The projects give local Muslims places to pray.
- Shared efforts are helping neighbours connect across faiths.

## Summary

Sikh and Hindu villagers in Punjab are helping restore or build mosques, giving local Muslim communities places to worship and bringing neighbours together. The efforts also carry added meaning in a region still marked by the displacement and sectarian violence of the 1947 partition.

In Jakhiwal, 77-year-old Sikh villager Rajinder Kaur persuaded her grandson to donate family land for a mosque serving 18 Muslim families; 87-year-old Gajju Khan hopes to hear the call to prayer there again. In Punawal, Hindu priest’s son Jaspal Sharma donated land for a mosque and villagers contributed building materials and money. The article says such projects have taken place quietly across rural Punjab over the past decade.

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