Watch Thousands join Bibi ka Alam procession in Hyderabad

Hyderabad major Bibi ka Alam procession passed off peacefully which was taken out in the old megacity of Hyderabad in a traditional manner. Thousands of people shared in the procession which passed through colorful corridor of the old megacity before concluding at Chaderghat on the banks of the Musi swash.

‘ Yaum-e-Ashura ’ or the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic timetable, is observed in memory of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussain and his followers at the battle of Karbala. Route of Bibi ka Alam procession in Hyderabad.

The ‘ Bibi ka Alam ’, believed to contain a piece of rustic plank on which the Prophet’s son Bibi Fatima Zehra was given the final ablution and installed over 430 times ago during the Qutub Shahi dynasty, was carried on a caparisoned giant, brought from Karnataka. It started from Bibi Ka Alawa and passed through Sheikh Faiz Kaman, Yakutpura Darwaza, Etebar Chowk, Charminar, Gulzar Houz, Penjeshah, Mani Mir Alam, Purani Haveli and Darulshifa in Hyderabad.

A aggregate of 25 groups of tone- scourging mourners were leading the procession, which started from Bibi ka Alawa in Dabeerpura. Blood oozed out from the heads and cases of bare- chested Shia mourners who tanned themselves with sharp- whetted objects.

Amid cries of ‘ Ya Hussain ’ and enumeration of ‘ marsiya ’(requiems) and ‘no ha- khwani ’( runes expressing anguish), barefoot youths using shanks, blade- crusted chains and other sharp- whetted munitions, foisted injuries on themselves to show solidarity with the mournings of the killers. Others were seen crying and beating their cases.

Security arrangements Hyderabad police made elaborate security arrangements for the Bibi ka Alam procession. Business was diverted at a many points for the periodic procession. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, Hyderabad Police Commissioner K. Sreenivas Reddy, other police officers, leaders of different political parties and family members of Nizam, sovereign of quondam Hyderabad State, offered ‘ dhattis ’ en route.

Santhi Kumari tête-à-tête supervised the arrangements made for the peaceful and smooth conduct of the procession. She complimented the police for making perfect arrangements. “ It was my continuance experience, ” she said on offering ‘ Dhatti ’.

Nawab Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan, the ninth nominal Nizam of Hyderabad, and other family members offered ‘ Dhatti ’ at Purani Haveli. The ‘ alam ’ was carried on a womanish giant named ‘ Rupavati ’, which was brought from Karnataka. The transport of the Goliath, belonging to Shri Jagadguru Panchacharya Mandir Trust in Davangere, was delayed due to certain issues with the Central government tweaking rules forinter-state transportation of interned mammoths.

Telangana’s Forest Minister Konda Surekha had interposed and spoke to her Karnataka counterpart Eshwar Khandre. The Muharram procession dates back to the governance of Qutub Shahi King Abdullah further than 400 times agone.

It's said Abdullah’s mama Hayat Bakshi Begum had initiated the periodic procession. Camels, nags and mammoths were used for the procession during the Qutub Shahi period. PETA opposed Roopvathi’s trip According to a PETA press release, the 36- time-old Roopvathi was suffering from arthritis, was fat and suffered blindness in one eye thinking it unfit for travelling a long distance.

PETA had suggested a mechanical giant rather. still, Telangana minister Konda Surekha had bandied with the government of Karnataka and took blessing for transporting the giant after entering the medical instrument that the giant wasn't seriously ill and was fit to take part in the processions.