Muharram procession passes off peacefully

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, APRIL 5. The 10th day of Muharram, `Youm-e-Ashoora', was observed with all solemnity in the city on Thursday. The Bibi-ka-Alam procession, the highlight of the day, passed off peacefully. The police made elaborate security arrangements on the procession route.

The Bibi-ka-Alam was taken out on a caprisioned elephant from Dabeerpura in the afternoon. The procession wended its way through Kaman Shaikh Faize, Itebar Chowk, Kotla Alijah, Chowk Maidan Khan, Charminar, Gulzar Houze, Panjeshah, Miralam Mandi, Purani Haveli, Dar-ul-Shifa and ended at Chaderghat.

Members of the Shia community flagellated themselves with sharp weapons to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Husain, the grandson of the Prophet, in the battle of Karbala in Iraq. A large number of people thronged the procession route and offered `dhattis' to the Alam.

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