As the first islamic month, Muharram closes to Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram that marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussain ibn Ali, people in south Mumbai recall the recitations of Late Maulana Mirza Muhammad Athar

The Shia Muslims are thankful to CM Eknath Shinde for lifting the curbs on religious festivals introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

Muslim devotees in Mumbai during a procession near JJ junction

During this month, 1400 years ago Imam Hussain and his family had reached Karbala, now a city in Iraq. Imam Hussain and his 72 companions were martyred on the day of Ashura (the 10th day of Muharram) in Karbala by the Army of Yazid on his orders

Muslim devotees during a procession on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura