PRAYER SITE BULLDOZED There was disregard and disrespect: family
NADIA KHAN Supplied THE prayer site that a North Coast Hindu family used has been bulldozed by the KwaDukuza Municipality.
Nirmala Devi Maharaj, 74, of Umhlali, has lived on the piece of land all her life.
Today, she shares a home, on the plot, with her sons Yoganathan and Rohit, and their families.
According to Maharaj, the entire plot belongs to her family. This includes a portion on which her house is built and another portion which the family use as a vegetable garden, an orchard and a prayer site. During Pitra Paksha, a period during which Hindus remember their ancestors, Maharaj made daily food offerings at the prayer site.
However, on Monday, an excavator belonging to the municipality, uprooted the…