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During Moharam, Nakhas is overcrowded like an arena, this is a main arterial road, no parallel road to rob its prominence or popularity.This is the crown on the head of Old Lucknow.
There are other areas to like Mugtiganj, Aminabad, Thakurganj, but Nakhas is the place you pass once in your lifetime, even if you stay [...]
Posted at: June 1st, 2007 - 6:34 pm - Number of Comments » 0
On the streets of Naakhas, the Shiagarh of Lucknow you hear shouts of this singular cry, Ek Nare Hyderi Ya Ali, reverberating over a wintry chill, fragrance of rose water mingling with weeping blood, fresh , since 1400 years,Exclusively Shia pain.
What they are doing here on the street today on Ashura is what their forefathers [...]
Posted at: May 29th, 2007 - 5:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0
The most touching, the most saddening aspect of Moharam is the parting of the House Tazias, for burial on Ashura day.
Early morning, a last majlis by the ladies of the house, cheeks streaked with tears, the Tazia that was the cynosure of pride in the House Imambada, is now packed , the man of the [...]
Posted at: May 29th, 2007 - 3:33 pm - Number of Comments » 0
