Prayer meetings have been held across Australian cities over the past week in memory of those who lost their lives in the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, India.
Indian Australians in Sydney remembered the 26 innocent people who were murdered by Pakistan sponsored terrorists in Pahalgam, India, on 22nd April 2025, at a prayer meet at the Consulate General of India in Sydney. The attack happened as US Vice President J.D. Vance was in India and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
The Hindu diaspora also got together in Sydney for offering prayers and shraddhanjali to the departed souls. 25 victims of this terror attack were targetted for just being Hindu, including a Nepalese tourist, by Islamist terrorists. One local Muslim pony rider, was also killed by them as he tried to save the tourists.
Members of the Hindu diaspora and the broader Indian community got together to condemn the terror attack targetting Hindus.
The Indian Australian community also gathered at Sydney’s Martin place in solemn tribute. Martin Place is a site that itself bears the scars of one of Australia’s worst terror attacks, the Lindt Cafe siege on 15th December 2014.
The attack in Pahalgam was a reminder of the 20th March 2000 massacre in Jammu and Kashmir when terrorists murdered 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpura village in Aanantnag district specifically targetting them just hours before then US President Bill Clinton was to arrive in India for a state visit. That attack was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN designated terror group based in Pakistan.
Lest we forget!
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