Muslim couple marries off adopted Hindu daughter ..

The Muslim couple, with their relatives, blessing the newly-weds. At a time when the two main communities in the country lose no opportunity in baying for each other's blood, a Muslim couple performed the marriage of a Hindu girl on the premises of Ramjanki temple, situated on the banks of Narmada river at Budhni ghat in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh.
Incidentally, the girl had been abandoned at a railway station 15 years ago. The ceremony performed on Saturday was according to Hindu tradition, culture and belief.
Guests and relatives of Nadim Akhtar and his wife Haseen Parvez reached the premises of Ramjanki temple, the venue for the marriage ceremony.

Akhtar and his wife landed with a few ornaments and items of regular use to be given to the daughter of a Hindu when she ties the knot with a boy of her community.
"Humanity is the best religion of humankind. We allowed Sharda (23), the bride, to follow her religion," Parvez told media persons after the happy ceremony.
Sharda with her husband just after the wedding.To recall, Sharda (then seven years old) was abandoned at the Barkheda railway station in 2000. She was then sent to a shelter home "Nav Prabhat Samaj Kalyan Samiti", run by a Muslim community based in Goharganj of Raisen district in the state.
At the age of 15, she joined the family of Akhtar and his wife in Bhopal where she studied till Class VIII. She also took special classes in how to become a beautician and run a beauty parlour. It was during the same period when Parvez and her husband started looking for a suitable groom for her.
Finally, Sharda's marriage was fixed with son of Durga Prasad Patel, hailing from Ambai village of Goharganj tehsil in Raisen district and a date for tying the knot was fixed.
To a query why the marriage was held on the premises of a temple, Haseen said the groom's father and relatives had decided the wedding venue.
Subsequently, on Saturday, the temple premises reverberated with Hindu rituals amid chanting of Vedic mantras as the new couple entered into wedlock.