Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: After a two-year hiatus caused by Covid-19, Shia mourners resumed their Muharram procession in Srinagar today.
Every year on the seventh day of Muharram, a Mehandi March is held in Srinagar, as the 8th and 10th Muharram processions were banned for the last three decades.
Despite the fact that the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir has approved Muharram processions across the Valley this year, the Shia organization will decide whether or not to observe the 8th and 10th Muharram after consulting all Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police. Click here to watch video
The mourners said that they welcome the decision of the Government to allow Muharram processions this year. “Administration has allowed us to take a peaceful march tomorrow. We welcome this decision and hope they did not stop us and allow us to march peacefully in Lal Chowk tomorrow,” General Secretary Etihaadul Muslimeen, Syed Muzaffar Rizvi, said.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Shia-dominated Hassanabad neighbourhood this afternoon and marched towards Botraj Mohalla, to Kathi Darwaza, the path of the traditional Muharram parade on the seventh day of the Islamic month of Muharram.
Wailing and beating their chests, the mourners recited Merssia in praise of Hazrat Imam Hussian (AS) and Imam Hassan (AS), who was martyred in the battle of Karbala 1400 years ago with 72 comrades for the victory of good over evil and to disseminate the true message of Islam across the world.
The annual Muharram procession used to travel through several parts of the city, including Lal Chowk and the Dalgate neighbourhood, but it has been banned since the start of the militancy in 1990.
The Muharram procession had been meticulously planned by the police and administration. The Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences provided medical aid to the mourners on the occasion.
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