On Thursday, July 27, amid tight security, the Shia Muslim community in Srinagar took out the 8th Day Muharram procession.
The procession was carried out after a gap of 33 years in the Kashmir Valley.
Before the outbreak of violence in the valley, the procession was taken out every year as Shia Muslims commemorated the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala in Iraq more than 1,400 years ago.
It was allowed for two hours from 6 am to 8 am along pre-approved routes from Guru Bazar to Dal Gate.
Shia mourners dressed in black numbering hundreds participated in the 8th Day Muharram procession and carried religious banners.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
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