Youm-e-Ashura today

Hyderabad: Moharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is known the world over for the mourning of Hazrath Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was martyred in Karbala, Iraq. 10th Moharram, which marks the Youm-e-Ashura, the day of martyrdom. ‘Youm-e-Ashura’ falls on Wednesday; on this day the traditional ‘Bibi-ka-Alam’ procession is taken