Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- In a rare display of communal harmony across Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, members of the Hindu and Muslim communities came together to support each other. In two separate gestures, residents in local villages donated their private land for the other community's place of worship.

Hindu family donates Rs 8 lakh worth land for mosque

In Punjab's Sangrur district, a Hindu family from Punawal village donated their five-biswa plot (approximately 6,750 sq ft) worth approximately Rs 8 lakh to the Muslim community to build a mosque.

The Punawal village has 18 Muslim families but no mosque. These families had to travel to Kanjhla village, about four kilometres, to offer namaz.

Ashwini Kumar decided to help his brothers and do...