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Crossing the barriers of religion
Md Yakub Pasha knows no religious barrier. He writes Ramakoti and offers prayers in Hindu temples yet he confesses himself to be a true Muslim.
Warangal: Md Yakub Pasha knows no religious barrier. He writes Ramakoti and offers prayers in Hindu temples yet he confesses himself to be a true Muslim. It is not uncommon for people in the congested streets of Machilibazar to see 35-year-old Pasha worshipping at the Lord Venkateshwara temple seeking to embrace ‘tolerance’ and friendship.
Since Pasha, who now ekes out a livelihood through house painting after his unsuccessful stint as a watch repairer, started writing Ramakoti recently. He writes it at least 1001 times in a book daily, after he is back from his gruelling day, and worships them. This has earned him the sobriquet of ‘Ramakoti’ Pasha. Looking at him doing this, his wife Yasmeen and two daughters - Kushboo and Sania, also started doing the same.
“Tagging ‘Ramakoti’ to my name hurts me a lot. I wanted to be beyond religious barriers.
I don’t know what inspired me to write Ramakoti. It was flashed in my mind while I was in my in-laws’ hometown Bhadrachalam, the abode of Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple. I started it, my wife and kids also followed it,” Pasha told The Hans India. Pasha, who offers prayers at Lord Venkateshwara temple regularly, also installed the idol of Lord Ganesha in his residence on Vinayaka Chaviti (September 5).
“Pasha has no political ambitions like his late father Md Babu who unsuccessfully contested in the mayoral elections on NTR Telugu Desam ticket sometime back. But he is an ardent fan of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and Warangal Mayor Nannapuneni Narender,” Madisetty Rajamallu, a retired teacher who also happens to be Pasha’s school teacher and neighbour, said.
Temple priest Kalakota Santhoshacharya, said: “Pasha, who offers the mandatory ‘namaz’ five times a day, also worships in our temple regularly. He is humble and affable to one and all in the colony. He regularly offers prayers in the name of Mayor and also started writing ‘Ramakoti’ for his wellbeing recently.”
When asked about his love for Mayor, Pasha said: “It’s awe-inspiring that an ordinary man rose to the position of Mayor with sheer hard work and perseverance.” He said that he has plans to supply drinking water packets to devotees free of cost on the day of upcoming Ganesh Nimajjanam in the city.
