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  Updated: January 30, 2008

Kolkata’s 150-year-old Sartaukh procession mourns Imam Sajjad (A)

By: Ali Rizvi

KOLKATA, India: This shabi is taken out in Kolkata for the last 150 years, in remembrance of taukh and zanjeers which was put on Hazrat Imam-Zainul-Abedin (a.s) or the sword of Imam-Ali-ibne-Abitalib (a.s).

This shabi is very heavy in weight.

The main sartaukh processions are taken out from imambargah haji karbalaie (bada imambara), masjid-e-basravi (basravi masjid) and from imambargah-e jatishah on 5, 7, 8 and 10th Muharram here in Kolkata which is very famous all over India.


Azadari in Kolkata and Bhavnagar India

BHAVNAGAR, India: Like other countries, Hussaini azadari (mourning) is in continuation in Indian state of Gujarat and city of KOLKATA with reverence.

 
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