Nepal, Feb. 27 -- Rahamat Hakim, aged 61, used to sell bangles and cosmetics along with his parents in Baglung, a hill district of Gandaki Province. After his parents' death, Rahamat has been staying in Hatiya Bazaar in ward 3 of Galkot Municipality. He has built a hut in a rented land and ekes out a living for his 10-member family by repairing umbrellas and household items. He does not have any land of his own.

Rahamat is not much worried about his work or providing for his family. But, like others in his community, he is deeply anxious about managing burial grounds when they face bereavement. There are around 40 Muslim households in the area, but they do not have any places nearby to give proper burials to their deceased loved ones.

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