Mahashivaratri is celebrated every year on the thirteenth night and fourteenth day of the month of Phalgun in the Hindu calendar which falls in February or March Unlike most Hindu festivals which are ...

Visitors flock from everywhere to Karbala or to neighboring Najaf ... come here every year during the Shiite holy month of Ashura and the subsequent Arbaeen festival. A Shiite acquaintance ...

Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram, the first Islamic month, when Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, was killed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century [Ratib Al Safadi ...

Ashura, or “the 10th day,” falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. It is the holiest day for Shiites, many of whom make pilgrimages to a shrine in Karbala ...

As the month of Muharram commences, the world once again begins to recall, remember and vows never to repeat the tragedy of Karbala ... Some of these art forms have long vanished and a glimpse ...

Ashura also has a deeper significance and is a day of mourning to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. Imam Hussein's ...

On the Day of Ashura, the battle reached its tragic ... In addition to its religious significance, the Battle of Karbala has influenced literature, art, and culture in the Islamic world.

Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Muslim month of Muharram. On that day, Shiites mark the anniversary of the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, during the Battle of Karbala, ...

Wednesday is the 10th day of the month of Muharram in Hijri calendar-1446. This day is well-known as the "Holy Ashura". It is regarded as the day of Karbala, a "mourning and heartbreaking event", ...

while an infographic exhibition will introduce the Martyrs of Karbala in a conceptual manner. The opening ceremony will include theatrical performances, outdoor plays, traditional music, Ashura ...