Srinagar: After a gap of more than three decades, the Shia community here on Thursday (27/07/2023) took out a Muharram procession on the Gurubazaar to Dalgate route, with hundreds participating in it.
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The procession was taken out by members of the community after permission was granted by the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
Mourners assembled at Gurubazaar around 5.30 am as authorities had granted a two-hour window — from 6 am to 8 am — for the procession on the route that passes through the busy Lal Chowk area. The procession did not take place after the outbreak of militancy in Kashmir in the 90s.
This is the first time in more than 30 years that the procession on the 8th day of Muharram has been allowed on the route.