Gorakhpur News: Many Muslim families sew clothes for Kanwariyas in Sawan, demand in other districts too

Many Muslim families in Gorakhpur start making cloth for the Kanwariyas long before the beginning of Sawan. It is also an important source of their income.

By: Neeraj Srivastava

UP News: There are many Muslim families in Gorakhpur, the city of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who start preparing clothes and bags for Kanwariyas two-three months before Sawan. . These families have been doing this work for years. These families prepare clothes and bags for three to four months and sell them in the market. For years, this has also been the means of their livelihood. Due to this they earn three to four lakhs. He is expecting the government to provide more markets and subsidies so that they can identify it as a big textile market.

The families of these areas make the clothes of Sawan

There are several dozen such Muslim families in Piprapur, Rasulpur, Zafar Colony and Elahibagh of Gorakhpur who start sewing clothes and bags of kanwariyas three to four months before the start of Sawan. In the seven districts of Gorakhpur and Basti mandal, the hands that paint the devotees of Shiva in ocher are very busy these days. For many years, the happiness of Eid and Bakrid also comes from sewing these ocher clothes in their homes.

These clothes are also sent to Bihar

From here stitched clothes and bags are sent not only to Gorakhpur, but also to other nearby districts and Bihar. All the members do this work at home itself. In this way they get good income. However, the last two to three years were very heavy for them because due to Kovid, the number of devotees going to Baba Dham had reduced drastically. Because of this, their work was completely stopped, but this time the situation is normal, once again the demand for ocher clothes and bags has started increasing.

The artisans here are happy that people with their stitched clothes and bags go to Babadham to fulfill their wishes. Here special discounts are given for the devotees going to Baba Dham and they make all the clothes and bags only after taking a nominal profit. They believe that if they can do something for the devotees of Shiva, then this is a very sacred work for them and it gives an opportunity to people of both the religions to join together.

What do the craftsmen who make bags tell?

Nizamuddin, a resident of Piprapur in Gorakhpur, says that he has been sewing clothes and bags for the Kanwariyas for 20 years. The people of his house start doing this work three to four months in advance. He says that three to four lakh work is done in a season. As far as the income is concerned, it covers the expenses of food. Nuzhat Jia, a resident of Piprapur, told that she has been making cloth and bag of kanwariyas for 10 years. This gives income to his family and also covers the expenses of the family. She says that brotherhood and peace always prevail in Gorakhpur. Here people of both religions participate in each other’s festivals.

Courtesy: ABP Live

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