Festive spirit pervades in city

Hyderabad: Hyderabad City came alive with celebrations to mark the birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali (AS) Prophet Muhammad's cousin and First Imam of Shia's on 13 rajjab.

The annual Urs procession is taken out by Shia community to mark the birth anniversary of Hazrat Imam Ali

Areas such as Moula Ali, Kotla Ali Jah, Darulshifa, Noor Khan Bazaar , Purani Haveli and Mandi Mir Alam, Qaayum Nagar were bathed in red with flags and buntings of the same colour being arranged on roadsides, atop buildings and poles with the words Ya Ali emblazoned on them in gold. People wore new clothes  and distributed sweets.

“The Shias and some other sections of Muslims believe that Hazrat  Ali (AS)was born inside the Kaba, in the Holy Mosque in Mecca.This is why it is known as jashn-e-moulood-e-kaaba, meaning the birth inside the Kaaba,“ said Mr Mir Firasath Ali Baqri According to police as many as 12 processions were seen in the Old City & R R Dist . 

There were several groups from Gulbarga, Mahbubnagar, Nanded and other places who joined the procession that made its way to Koh-e-Moula Ali via Chaderghat, Nimboliadda, Barkatpura ,Tarnaka, Moula Ali.

BY Syed Mustafa Hussain Abidi