Muharram 2024: India observes Ashura amid tight security

Security measures were heightened in Delhi ahead of Muharram processions on Wednesday. As per the advisory, major routes and areas affected include Jama Masjid, Chawri Bazar, Okhla, Kamra Bangash, Mehrauli, Old Police Chowki, and Nizamuddin. Movement of city buses will be restricted and regulated on certain routes from Wednesday afternoon until night. (PTI Photo/ Mirzapur)

Thousands of Shia mourners on Wednesday took out Ashura procession in Srinagar to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussain on Muharram. Officials said the procession started from Bota Kadal in the Lal Bazar area of the city and culminated at Zadibal Imambara. (PTI Photo/ Srinagar)

Security measures were heightened in Delhi ahead of Muharram processions on Wednesday. As per the advisory, major routes and areas affected include Jama Masjid, Chawri Bazar, Okhla, Kamra Bangash, Mehrauli, Old Police Chowki, and Nizamuddin. Movement of city buses will be restricted and regulated on certain routes from Wednesday afternoon until night. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna/ New Delhi)

A 12-year-old child was killed on Wednesday and five others injured in separate incidents of electrocution during the Tazia procession in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district, police said. In the Tarabganj area, a Tazia procession was taken out on Muharram and it came in contact with a high-tension wire due to which the child sustained burn injuries. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastav/ Lucknow)

At least 14 people were injured due to electrocution during a Muharram procession in the Pipra Bijwara area in Bihar's Araria district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place as the procession was passing through an open field when a portion of the tazia came in contact with a high-tension electric wire, they said. (PTI Photo/ Patna)

Shia Muslims from across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region congregate in the Dongri area of south Mumbai where they participate in Majlis (sermons) and recite nauhas (elegies) remembering the battle of Karbala in which the prophet’s grandson Imam Hussain and several members of his family were killed. (PTI Photo/ Satara)

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday said Muharram marks the struggle against oppression and injustice. He said it is also a day of fasting and gratitude and a time for spiritual renewal, remembrance, and reaffirmation of faith. (PTI Photo/ Dibrugarh)

Strict police arrangements were in place in Surat on the eve of Muharram that will include over 300 Tazia processions to be taken out by the Muslim community on Wednesday. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana/ Vadodara)

Stating that Muharram teaches not to compromise with injustice, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the people to follow the path of peace and prosperity. (Express photo by Partha Paul/ Kolkata)

The Pune City Traffic police on Wednesday implemented road closures and traffic diversions given the Muharram processions in various parts of the city. According to the police, the main procession started from Shreenath Talkies while four other Muharram processions were taken out out in the Camp, Khadki, Patil Estate, and Imamwada areas of Pune. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastav)