Muharram
November
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
This Islamic festival is a ten day long mourning period, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed in the Karbala battle. Hyderabad in engulfed with grief, as loudspeakers blare marsiye (elegies) and nohay (sorrowful poems) from countless ashurkhanas, centres where Shia Muslims gather to mourn.