Villagers make artistic high structure for Eid congregation
People of Narashinghapara, Shukolhaat and Shuklai villages of Boropangashi union in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj offered the Eid-ul-Azha prayer on a large artistic concrete platform, built through their own initiative for using as eidgah, at Shuklai village on Sunday.
The Eid congregational prayer in the area was held on boats or roads for the last couple of years as the lone eidgah for the three villages goes under floodwater during the monsoon in June and remains inundated for four to five months, said Afzal Hossain, president of the eidgah management committee.
As a way out, the villagers took an initiative for constructing the eidgah venue on pillars, he added.
“The locals bought 13 decimals of land at Shuklai village. After collecting Tk 20 lakh through subscription from the villagers in 2015, they started work for construction of the eidgah floor on pillars,” said Md Mostafa Zahangir, a respected villager.
“Eventually the fund rose to Tk 56 lakh as many others donated for the purpose. The construction of the special eidgah was completed in June this year and a large number of people of the three villages offered the Eid-ul-Azha prayer here on Sunday,” said Mostafa, also a Dhaka-based journalist and writer.
The villagers have taken a good initiative to solve their problem by establishing a unique eidgah, said Md Abul Kalam Azad, member of Boropangashi union parishad.
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