PM prays at Hazratbal shrine

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prayed at the famous Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on Wednesday, shortly after his arrival on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

The PM was accompanied by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and other top officials.

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The

imam of the shrine, where a strand of hair said to be that of Prophet Mohammad is kept, offered a shawl to the PM and briefed him about the holy place.

Singh also sprinkled food grains for pigeons, a practice considered as auspicious by locals.