Chandravadana and Mohiyar
In local legend,[which?] Chandravadana and Mohiyar were a pair of lovers from the town of Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. According to the legend, Chandravadana was a local Hindu and Mohiyar was a traveling Muslim; their union involved supernatural events, which proved that it was blessed by God. This story is thought to explain the peaceful coexistence of the large populations of Hindus and Muslims in the town today.
Further reading
[edit]- Chanda, S. N. (1998), Saints in Indian folklore: tales of saints known in various parts of India, Delhi: Konark Publishers, pp. 21–22, ISBN 81-220-0523-3
- Office of the Registrar General, India, Census of India, 1961, vol. 2, p. 148
- కృష్ణ తులసి (6 July 2009), "మతసామరస్యాకి ప్రతీకగా..", Andhra Prabha (in Telugu), archived from the original on 31 January 2013, retrieved 12 September 2011
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