Retired Muslim teacher helps build Saraswati temple in school
10, Jun 2015
Children of Marida village near Nadiad lovingly call him Abdul Chacha, a retired school teacher who is also known for his teaching and the life lessons he gives to his students.
In a rare gesture, this teacher, Abdul Vora, constructed goddess Saraswati temple within the village school premises for the children to be inspired. “I am a teacher first and everything else later. For me, my children are my inspiration and theirs is goddess Saraswati. So the temple,“ says Vora, who had served as a teacher in the Hindu-dominated village for nearly three decades.
Vora put a large amount of his savings in the construction of the temple. “The temple took five years to be constructed.Many villagers also contributed whatever they could,” says Vora.
