Puttur, Dec 9: Talk of a house warming ceremony and what comes to mind is a newly built house with the proud owners smiling and welcoming their guests and showing the new house with an air of pride around them.
Well dressed guests, gifts, sumptuous meal and religious rituals are all important parts of our ceremonies. In our individual happiness there is no time to spare for the society. But, on Sunday a house warming ceremony re-wrote traditions by making society a party of the ceremony.
It was the house warming ceremony of Puttur's Aathoor Masjid Khateeb Al-Haji Ibrahim Thangal and his newly built residence 'Hidaaya Manzil' became witness to a history.
Make a difference
As a memento to mark the ceremony, a physically challenged person named Koila Thukrappa was given mobility aide, which for sure has changed entire life of the recipient. Thukrappa who had to be dependent on others to move around had tears in his eyes as 'Akshara Santha' Harekala Hajabba handed over the mobility aide to him. On the other hand, Harekala Hajabba who had dedicated his entire life for the sake of education too had damp eyes looking at the plight in which Thukrappa had spent so many years of his life.
Health check up camp, blood donation camp and felicitation to achievers were also held as a part of the ceremony.
Health check-up
When the guests and relatives arrived at the newly built house, the proud owners of the house did not just welcome with a warm hug, but also forwarded them to a group of medical experts who checked the health conditions of the guests with a smile. The health check up camps were open not just to the invitees, but everyone from the village had access to the medical professional from Attavar KMC Hospital who were present at the venue. Over 1000 persons took advantage of the camp irrespective of religious, caste and creed.
Renowned Urologists Muhammad Salim and Zainuddin Muhammad led the medical team.
Blood donation
It was a marvelous scene when over 150 people who came to be a part of the house warming ceremony voluntarily came forward to donate blood. The doctors explaining the importance of blood donation said, “Some drops of your blood can add several years to a needy patient's life.'
The guests who were moved by the words of the doctors and by the efforts of the Khateeb came forward in large numbers and made use of the opportunity given to them.
Felicitation to achievers
While everyone who had come to become a part of house warming ceremony were all praises for the Khateeb, they were out for yet another surprise. As many as five achievers from various walks of life and different religions were called upon the dais to accept a felicitation.
'Akshara Santha' Harekala Hajabba, Vedavyas Acharya, who has toiled for communal harmony, Joseph Crasta from Snehalaya Ashram, Peer Muhammad, an activists fighting for rights of endosulphan victims and Dr Ilyas Bajpe were felicitated on the occasion.
Accepting the felicitation Vedavyasa Acharya lauding the efforts of the Khateeb said that he is a role model for all and the definition of house warming put forward by the Khateeb is truly worth emulating.
Talent Research Foundation on the occasion felicitated the Khateeb for making the society part of his personal happiness.
The entire society learns a great lesson from the new traditions of housing ceremony shown by the Khateeb.
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