6 And 7 Moharam Juloos In Chennai 2010

6 And 7 Moharam Juloos In Chennai 2010, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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I reached Chennai on 6 Moharam night and thanks to Mesaq of Moulah Ali Channel I got lodging at Central Lodge close to the 1000 Lights Mosque I showered and from my hotel window shot the 6 Moharam juloos than I came down and shot it till the end.

This is my new set at Flickr and I made the Shias of Chennai wait after this the following day I shot the 7 Moharam Juloos , I got to know a lot of people made friends and on the night of 7 Moharam itself I left for Dharmapuri with Dr Abbas Ali Mir he was introduced to me by Mesaq we shared similar views so he invited me to stay at his house , his father the eminent scholar Ali Master had passed away recently on Eid E Ghadeer , he lives with his mother a scholar too and a very humble person and a great host.

We left for Dharmapuri and from there Dr Abbas also know as Anu to his friends accompanied me to Jigedevi to shoot the Alawa or the Ag Ka Matam.

We returned from Jigedevi on 9 Moharam , I decided to shoot the Mylapore Temples for my Hindu friends and a Dargah too.



I shot a lot of street pictures as there was no event on 9 Moharam, the following day was Ashura I shot that and on 11 Moharam left for Mumbai.. a very hard way my waiting list was 249 and in all honesty Mamtajis Indian Railways is an insult to Humanity.
If she paid more attention to the problems of the harried commuters and less time in trying to out beat her opponents in West Bengal train travel would be the best mode of transport in India.

Our ministers delve in cricket and the price of onions hits the ceilings.. politics has been a greater curse than a balm on the wounds of the common man.

Forgive the digression and Madame Soniajis spiel on getting rid of corruption but the Ticket Collector was mercilessly looting the passengers charging Rs 450 bucks for a sleeper in the Chennai Mumbai overcrowded Express train in the reserved compartment.
Once he got off the next Ticket Collector moved in to collect the blood money from the passengers most of whom bald shivering in discomfort pilgrims returning home from Tirupati.

So a Shia blog is a blog on Humanity after all.