Hyderabad: Rehearsals held for Bibi- ka-Alam procession to be hung on Aug 9

Hyderabad: A wedding rehearsal with an elephant ‘Madhuri’was hung on Friday for the Bibi-Ka-Alam procession of the Old city, which is to be hung on August 9. The Shia neighborhood held the program from the Bibi- ka-Alawa in Dabeerpura to Chaderghat.

The State government as well as Telangana State Wakf Board organized the elephant ‘Madhuri’ had by Mahaswami Sansthan Math in Maharashtra for lugging the Bibi-Ka-Alam inHyderabad This is the 2nd time the titan is joining the procession. An elephant showed up in the city in a vehicle on Thursday as well as was maintained the Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority workplace inDarulshifa

“To ensure that the elephant does not panic the huge crowds and the thousands of Shia Muslims who participate on the day of ‘Youm a Ashura’ Bibi-ka-Alam procession, each year a rehearsal is done to test the patience of the animal,” statedMaulana Dr Nisar Hussain Hyder Agha

The procession test began with Bibi-Ka-Alam in Dabeerpura, Shaik Faiz Kaman-Yakutpura-Etebar Chowk-Panjesha-Charminar-Gulzar Houz-Mir Alam Mandi-Darulshifa-Aza-Khana- e-Zehra as well asChaderghat

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