NEW DELHI: The draw of lots for next year’s Haj will be conducted in the second week of January with more than three lakh people applying for the pilgrimage through the the Haj Committee of India till now, a senior official said today.
Out of the applications, over 1,000 applicants are women who hope to go on the pilgrimage without a ‘Mehram’.
The Centre has for the first time decided to allow women pilgrims over the age of 45 to undertake the pilgrimage in groups of at least four sans ‘Mehram’. (AGENCIES)
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