Mosques draped in cloth in Old City

Hyderabad: Ahead of Hanuman Jayanthi, the mosques in the Old City, especially on the route where rallies are taken out every year were draped in cloth. Members of the community said that it is a practice that is followed for years as Muslims do not use colour.

It is just a precautionary measure and not to hurt the sentiments of our Hindu brothers said Mustaq a resident of Gowlipura. He further added, “There is a possibility of the use of colour and posters so we drape the mosques.” Major mosques right from Falaknuma to Osmanjung to Afzalgunj were draped in cloth.