Chennai temple serves daily iftar to Muslims for over 40 years

Chennai temple serves daily iftar to Muslims for over 40 years

Since the early 1980s, the Sufidar Temple has served daily iftar to Muslims, a tradition started by Dada Ratanchand and now continued by volunteers from diverse communities.

Chennai temple serves daily iftar for Muslims for over four decades

As Islamophobia and hate speech continue to rise across parts of India, a quiet tradition in Chennai offers a powerful counter-narrative—one rooted in compassion, shared humanity, and interfaith solidarity. In the heart of the city’s Mylapore neighbourhood, the Sufidar Temple has for more than four decades upheld a remarkable promise: serving daily iftar meals to fasting Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan.  What began as a personal act of …